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Legion marks 90th year

BY JONATHAN GUIGNARD ADVOCATE STAFF Games, live music and fresh-cooked food highlighted the festivities at the Red Deer Legion, Branch #35 on Saturday.

The Red Deer Legion celebrated its 35th year at its Bremner Avenue location along with the 90th anniversary of the Legion in Canada.

Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen was on hand for the event and presented Bev Hanes, Red Deer Legion president, a certificate congratulating the legion on its milestone.

“The legion has meant a lot to people in Central Alberta. They have been such a major part of the community and it’s great they have chosen to celebrate their 35 years here. It was a great honour to be here,” said Dreeshen.

Hanes has been an official member of the legion since 2000 and president since 2014.

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David Lustgarten, chair of the Crime Prevention Centre in Red Deer, accepts donations from a passing motorist along Taylor Drive, north of 32nd Street, during a Charity Checkstop Saturday.

Giving season gets head start

BY JONATHAN GUIGNARD ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deerians showed their generosity this weekend by helping kids keep warm this winter.

Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre and Red Deer RCMP teamed

up for their third annual Charity Check Stop on Saturday.

They collected over 115 coats and about 150 additional winter clothing items, part of the Coats for Kids program. Jessica Bernard, program development, Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre, said it’s great seeing cars line up to support the cause.

“People’s trunks seem to be always loaded. We’re absolutely overwhelmed with the support. Whether it’s clearing out the change in your console or donating items, every little bit counts. It’s wonderful to see,” said Bernard.

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Taking re-enactments very seriously ANNUAL SHOWDOWN PITS CALGARY’S 65TH MOUNT ROYAL RIFLES AGAINST RED DEER’S FIRESTICK LIVING HISTORY SOCIETY

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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John Hoyt, left, and Franz Hilsenbeck attend Fort Normandeau Days.

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Lyle Keewatin Richards was peacefully enjoying Red Deer’s Fort Normandeau Days celebrations when he was asked for a match.

The wife of the colonel of a group of historical reenactors explained it was to fire a cannon at an unarmed group of rebellious Métis as a mini recreation of the 1885 Rebellion.

“I said, ‘I’ll give you a match, but you’ve got to give me a gun.’ ” So they handed Keewatin Richards a six-shooter and told him to fire away from the nearby bushes.

“And they fired back with a frickin’ nine-pound cannon,” he recalls with a laugh.

After that uneven matchup 30 years ago, Keewatin Richards was determined to come better prepared the next year. Since then, Living History Society members have used a va-

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riety of replica long guns, pistols and eventually their own cannon to defend their lands in what has become a popular annual showdown between Calgary’s 65th Mount Royal Rifles and Red Deer’s Firestick Living History Society.

For about a decade, the small group of history buffs has branched out to crafting replicas of a variety of pistols, from 18th century style flintlock pistols to U.S. Civil War-era percussion pistols.

Keewatin Richards has had guns all of his life, starting with a pellet gun when he was about five. He was introduced to building weapons by Ron “Doc” Cameron in the late 1980s, when they both worked at the then-CGTX rail company in Red Deer.

They started making knives and “one thing led to another,” says Keewatin Richards.

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Researchers have new theory in fossils debate FOSSILS AT MISTAKEN POINT, N.L. THE OLDEST-KNOWN EVIDENCE OF EARLY MULTICELLULAR CREATURES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MISTAKEN POINT, N.L. — Researchers in Newfoundland and Labrador say they may have unlocked a 575-million-year-old “enigma” embedded in the sea floor at the southeast tip of the Avalon Peninsula.

The fossils at Mistaken Point, so named for its disorienting fog, are some of the oldest-known evidence of early multicellular creatures as well as one of paleontology’s great mysteries.

Scientists have long speculated about the fossils known as the Ediacara biota, primarily, about what kind of life they were. The ancient sea creatures have been labelled everything from giant single-celled organisms, fungi, relatives of the jellyfish and even an extinct evoluntarily experiment that was neither plant nor animal.

Two professors at Newfoundland and Labrador’s

Memorial University have proposed a new explanation for this evolutionary riddle, and in doing so, may reinvorogate a debate about what the scientific definition of an animal is.

“People have been looking at modern organisms and comparing these weird, sort of fractal Ediacaran things,” paleontologist Dr. Duncan McIlroy said in a phone interview. “What we tried to do was imagine life as an Ediacaran organism.”

In a paper published by The Geological Society of the U.K., McIlroy and Dr. Suzanne Dufour, a biologist at the university, took a new approach to interpreting the fossils, tubular, mostly immobile organisms that could reach one metre in length.

They considered the challenges this organism may have faced and have concluded the fossils should be classified as animal.

“We know they were lying flat on the seafloor.

They weren’t moving around much,” Dufour said in a phone interview. “One of the problems with that

Hilsenbeck say the U.S. Civil War saw rapid changes in weapon technology. “In terms of inventions there was something that happened there that was fascinating,” he says.

John Hoyt, an art instructor at Lacombe’s Burman University, had barely touched a gun until a few years ago.

Yet, he is now carefully crafting a flintlock pistol from a kit, a job that requires assembling brass components, such as trigger, guard, barrel and firing mechanism and mounting them on a wooden butt decorated with brass fittings.

“I’ve always been fascinated with pirate movies and I’ve just kind of sublimated that,” he says with a smile.

He finds the components fascinating. There are frizzens, cockscrews, escutcheons, main springs and feather springs and dozens of other components in the surprisingly complicated mechanisms.

“If you have to explain it to people, you really can’t explain it,” he says of the lure of flintlocks.

Firing one though is an experience.

“They have a really satisfying kick,” he smiles. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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FIRESTICK: Revelling with likeminded company Cameron, a veteran member of the Living History Society, passed away in 2013, but his spirit lives on in Keewatin Richards’ garage, which is full of tools and other gunsmithing equipment rescued from Cameron’s home shop.

It was the discovery of a pair of partially finished pistols that prompted society members to finish the work Cameron had started.

“It’s always been really social to me,” says Keewatin Richards of the Friday afternoon gatherings when society members gather to work on their projects. Many of the historical pistols are made from kits imported from the U.S. and can range in price from several hundred dollars to $1,000.

Fellow society member Franz Hilsenbeck says he has been fascinated by history and weapons since he was a teen in Germany.

A cabinetmaker by trade, he immigrated to Canada in 1982. Over the years, he has tried his hand at tanning, knife making, teepee making and even creating his own versions of native porcupine quill designs for buckskin clothing and accoutrements.

He revels in the company of like-minded individuals. Casual conversations often lead to learning new skills and adding to his already impressive knowledge base, he says.

On a recent Friday afternoon, Hilsenbeck discusses the evolution of mid-19th century pistols and long guns with enthusiasm. Around about the 1830s, musket technology, that had been largely unchanged for 200 years, rapidly gave way to percussion cap weapons.

Instead of the firing flint sparking a small pan of powder, a small cap full of an explosive chemical was exploded when the hammer hit the cap.

He shows off an 1873 Springfield “trap door” rifle that was basically a musket converted to percussion cap weapon.

It was a gun used by George Armstrong Custer’s unfortunate troops at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Buffalo Bill Cody also toted one.

CHARITY: Clothes, coins collected With the recent cold spell, Bernard said there is no better time to start preparing for the winter.

“It’s going to be a cold winter. This was a reminder that there are a lot of unfortunate people in town and this a great way to give back to people in need. Instead of people throwing out their old winter coats, they bring them here, “said Bernard.

Janean Kehler tries to get out each year to donate, and this year she dropped off a couple of warm pieces of clothing.

“It’s an excellent way to give back to the community and keep everybody taken are of. It’s a blessing to those around us. It’s a great cause and I’m happy to be a part of it,” said Kehler.

Once the clothes are collected, they’ll be washed and distributed by the Red Deer Christmas Bureau.

Cash donations were also accepted at the Charity Check Stop and will go to the Crime Prevention Centre.

“Donations help support the local crime prevention programs that we have in the community, helping resi-

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mode of life is that sulfide builds up underneath them … If that’s something that’s toxic to you, then you’re kind of in trouble.”

Dufour says modern clams solve this problem by “teaming up” with bacteria. Ediacaran organisms may have had similar symbiotic relationships, she says. The bacteria would have used oxygen and the toxic hydrogen sulfide as a source of energy, which would detoxify the waters around the organism and allow it to survive.

“Animals have evolved in a world where bacteria were really dominant. They’d already been on this planet for millions of years before animals started to evolve,” says Dufour. “It makes sense that they would find ways to interact with them and get some benefits from them … And that’s how I think animals really got their start.”

McIlory anticipates treating the fossils as animals could foster some debate in scientific circles about what it means to be an animal.

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The Red Deer Pipe Band marched in and played a few tunes for those gathered at the Red Deer Legion Saturday. The Red Deer Legion celebrated its 35 years in the building on Bremner Avenue in Red Deer and the 90th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Legion. dents connect with resources and help give them the tools they need to build and maintain safe communities,” said Bernard.

The amount of money collected will be tallied early this week.

The Crime Prevention Centre will be hosting a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) training course on Nov. 22-23.

CPTED is a certification level course open to residents that teaches people how to create an effective use of physical space to reduce criminal incidents and fear of crime.

For more information visit www. cacpc.ca. jonathan.guignard@reddeeradvocate. com

LEGION: About 1,700 members She said the legion has been a big part of her life, and it was great to see all the people show up to support the event.

“The people who showed up here today are wonderful. I think some of them didn’t expect to have as good of time as they did, but we are glad peo-

ple enjoyed it,” laughed Hanes.

The legion is a non-profit organization that relies heavily on volunteers for events such as these. With close to 1,700 members in area, Hanes can’t say enough about the people who have kept this place running for the past 35 years.

“Volunteers are the life blood of this place because we can’t afford to pay for the amount of the staff that we would like. They’re important and we could definitely use more. Like most places, a handful of people are doing all of the work,” said Hanes.

One of those volunteers is Edie Eddy. She has been volunteering at the legion for 20 years.

“The legion is a wonderful place to come and meet new people and the staff are great. I’ve been coming here for a lot of years and everyone has always treated me really well. It’s been a pleasure to help out,” said Eddy.

The Bremner Avenue location was put for sale in May and the group is now looking for a smaller space.

Since then, it has had three parties look at the property, but it has yet to receive an offer.

The legion launches its poppy campaign on Monday. jonathan.guignard@reddeeradvocate. com

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Ex-Mountie pilot in crash that killed Prentice

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS KELOWNA, B.C. — A retired RCMP officer and aviation enthusiast described as a “professional’s professional� was identified as the pilot in a plane crash that killed former Alberta premier Jim Prentice.

A statement released on behalf of the family of Jim Kruk on Saturday said the 62-year-old resident of Airdrie had been a pilot since 1976, and pursued aviation further in 2007 after a full career with the Mounties. “Jim is dearly missed by his family and his lifelong friends in the Air Cadets, RCMP and aviation communities. Jim was a professional’s professional, meticulous and methodical in all his accomplishments,� read the statement from friend and neighbour, Kevin Moore.

The Cessna jet was en route from Kelowna, B.C. to the Springbank airport, near Calgary, when it went down shortly after takeoff late Thursday.

In all, four people were on board the plane and everyone aboard died.

The Transportation Safety Board said the plane disappeared from radar shortly after it took off and investigators are looking for clues on the cause of the crash.

Lead investigator Beverley Harvey told reporters Saturday there was no cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder on the plane, and that those devices were not required for this type of aircraft.

The absence of a recorder makes the investigation more difficult, she said.

Five investigators are collecting evidence from the accident site and look-

ing at other factors including weather reports and the aircraft’s maintenance records, but Harvey said it is still too early to know what happened. “It is important not to draw any conclusions or speculate as to the causes at this time. There are often many factors that can contribute to an accident.�

The board wants to complete the investigation in one year, Harvey said.

The deceased pilot, Kruk, leaves behind a wife and two sons, aged 19 and 17.

Moore said all were involved with Air Cadets in Airdrie, north of Calgary. “His oldest son is a licensed pilot as well at this point, and the younger son is in the process for that as well. They are an aviation family,� Moore said by phone on Saturday.

The 83 Juno Beach Royal Canadian Air Cadets in Calgary posted a message of condolence on Facebook. “Jim leaves behind a family with a great connection to the cadet program, and the Canadian Armed Forces and we are saddened along with our entire community,� the message said.

TSB spokesman Bill Yearwood said the aircraft, which was built in 1974, was completely destroyed and there was a fire after the crash. The board said the plane went down in an area east of Wood Lake and there were no emergency calls or signals from the aircraft before the crash.

The jet’s owners, Norjet Inc., said in a statement Friday that the company will co-operate with the investigation.

Prentice, 60, who was also a former federal cabinet minister, quit politics in May 2015 after the Alberta NDP swept the Progressive Conservatives from power.

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Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge Beverley Harvey, left, describes details from the plane crash that killed former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice and three others Thursday night near Winfield, B.C., as senior investigator Jean-Pierre Regnier looks on during a press conference in Lake Country, B.C.

Lack of black box makes probe into fatal plane crash difficult: expert KELOWNA, B.C. — An aviation expert says determining what caused a fatal plane crash near Kelowna, B.C., will be especially difficult because the aircraft didn’t have flight recording devices.

Carleton University aerospace engineering professor Jurek Sasiadek says the probe into why a small Cessna jet crashed shortly after take off late Thursday will be long and

difficult because of the limited information available to investigators.

Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice was among the four people on board the plane who were killed.

Lead crash investigator Beverley Harvey has said recording equipment was not required on this type of aircraft.

The Transportation Safety Board made a recommendation in 2013 that Transport Canada move to require recording equipment on lightweight aircraft.

A Transport Canada statement says that on small aircraft, the decision to install flight recorder equipment is at the pilot’s discretion.

Canadian on death row hangs hopes on Liberal government ‘I’M READY TO COME HOME’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS DEER LODGE, Mont. — A Canadian on death row in Montana has been living on borrowed time since admitting he murdered two young men more than three decades ago, but he says he has renewed hope he might be able to return home with the support of Justin Trudeau’s government. “I’m ready to come home,� said Ronald Smith, 59, in an interview with The Canadian Press last week at Montana State Prison. “If you’re willing to take me back, I’m willing to come home,�

Smith, who is originally from Red Deer, Alta., has been on death row since 1983 for fatally shoot-

ing Harvey Madman Jr. and Thomas Running Rabbit while he was high on LSD and alcohol near East Glacier, Mont.

It’s a statement Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion issued in February following a meeting with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that is giving Smith new hope. “If the government of CanRONALD SMITH ada does not ask for clemency for every Canadian facing the death penalty, how can we be credible when we ask for clemency in selective cases or countries?� Dion asked. “We must end this incoherent double stan-

dard. Canada opposes the death penalty and will ask for clemency in each and every case, no exceptions.�

That’s a marked shift from the former Conservative government, which initially decided against seeking clemency for Smith or any other multiple murderer facing the death penalty in a democratic country. A court ruling later forced the government to abandon the policy, but Smith’s lawyer accused it of “treachery� for its handling of a clemency hearing in 2012. “I’m considerably more optimistic,� Smith said. “I’m considerably more positive about the Canadian government becoming involved at least, and with their involvement I think it bodes well for me.�

Smith, who will become a great-grandfather next year, hasn’t changed much over the years. His red hair is still shoulder length and the only grey is in his moustache.

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Sharing the wealth is the Alberta way

BY DOREEN BARRIE ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES It’s déjà vu all over again. Equalization payments are under attack by Alberta’s Wildrose Party.

It’s an easy target because while the intent of the program is clear, the process for calculating payments is not.

Equalization payments are made out of federal tax revenue, not provincial revenue, collected across Canada.

However, over the years, provincial politicians have used the program as a political football. A few examples: In 2006, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein threatened to walk away from the equalization program because Alberta’s natural resource wealth was included in the formula. Prime Minister Stephen Harper pointed out that it was neither an Alberta program nor an Ontario program, so none of the provinces could dictate how the money is collected or distributed.

Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams battled over equalization with two prime ministers, Paul Martin and Harper. In 2004, he lowered the Canadian flag on provincial buildings because Ottawa wanted to claw back revenue from equalization payments.

Angry with Harper for much the same reason, Williams later launched a successful “anything but Conserva-

tive” campaign during the 2008 federal election. Never mind that offshore resources were deemed to belong to the federal government.

Nouveau riche Saskatchewan, which was on the receiving end of equalization almost continuously until 2008, now wants to dictate how the have-nots should spend their money.

The latest assault on equalization comes from the Wildrose at a time when Alberta is in the worst possible financial shape. Employing provocative and misleading language, MLA Derek Fildebrandt has railed against people like Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre for expressing concerns about the Energy East pipeline. Fildebrandt demanded that Quebec return the billions of dollars it has received in equalization “paid for in large part by Alberta taxpayers.” The truth is that the bulk of funding for equalization comes from taxpayers in Ontario (40 per cent) and Quebec (20 per cent).

Revenue from Alberta is approximately 15 per cent of the total. Alberta’s share of funds going to Quebec is 1.1 per cent of the total received by that province.

The rationale for equalization payments is to reduce fiscal disparities so less affluent provinces can provide a basic level of services to citizens without ruinous taxation. These are unconditional grants that each province

spends as it sees fit. The entitlements are formula-based and calculated at five-year intervals, the next one due in 2019.

Determining whether a province receives equalization is based on its fiscal capacity, i.e. the amount it can raise from the various tax bases available to it. The basket of taxes and the method for establishing have and have-not provinces has been adjusted periodically. The calculations are complicated, which makes it easy to criticize and misrepresent.

Equalization payments are mistakenly faulted for not responding quickly to rapid changes in a province’s fiscal capacity. However, this isn’t what the program was meant to do - it was designed to address structural problems resulting from wide disparities among provinces. It was never intended to solve urgent problems such as the plummeting economy in Alberta.

Although it is grounded in core Canadian values and has solid support across the country, the program is not perfect. While supporting equalization in principle, Canadians should have confidence that it is being managed appropriately and impartially.

Despite some provincial input, changes are made unilaterally by the federal government, sometimes for short-term political reasons. To ensure that equalization is de-politicized, it

would be better if an independent body oversaw the program, conducting research and analysis before making recommendations to Ottawa.

Equalization and other redistributive programs are opposed by some because they prevent market forces from determining where people live. However, a more fundamental question, beyond economics, underlies our attitude towards the program: whether we see Canada as a national community or a set of provincial silos. Do we feel a kinship with people in other provinces or are we disconnected from them?

Albertans may be viewed as selfish, mean-spirited and unwilling to share our wealth. But it might come as a surprise to the Wildrose that 78 per cent of Albertans supported equalization payments when Klein was denouncing them (even though they thought the money came from provincial coffers).

The outpouring of support for victims of the Fort McMurray fires, the Calgary floods and other disasters across the country demonstrate conclusively that Canadians from coast to coast feel part of the same family.

The Wildrose campaign, then, is as flawed as its understanding of this nation and its equalization program.

Troy Media columnist Doreen Barrie is an adjunct assistant professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Calgary.

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Theatre of the absurd, presidential style

BY JOSEPH MICALLEF ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Does Donald Trump really want to be president of the United States?

American presidential elections have always had a certain element of absurd theatre.

Two-plus years of gruelling campaigning finishes with a final sprint to the November general election. The backdrop is intense media scrutiny with an insatiable 24/7 news cycle seizing on any foible, slip-up or miscue.

Then there is the voluminous “opposition research” designed to ferret out every last action, comment or thought by a candidate that could offend, if not outrage, an electoral group.

Add to that the independent political action committees, followed by shadowy, hastily-formed single-issue organizations that function as the attack dogs, official and unofficial.

Finally, add the billions of dollars it takes to get elected, and how that money is raised from the tiny, Internet-aggregated contributions of scores of supporters, to the elite-only fundraising events, and the pools of dark money, and you have all of the elements for a Kafkaesque nightmare.

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It’s a wonder that anyone would want to run – even if it’s the most glamorous, most powerful job in the world and it comes with great fringe benefits.

But even by these standards, the presidential election of 2016 belongs in a class by itself.

Four weeks from the general election, we are beyond the theatre of the absurd, the Kafkaesque surrealism, even the twilight zone. We are in a place where no one has been before.

Consider that Trump is openly criticizing his own party’s establishment.

That scores of elected Republicans have denounced him and sworn to not vote for him.

America is being subjected to a never-ending stream of tawdry, misogynistic commentary gleefully seized upon by the liberal press and dismissed

by Trump with a brief apology and a brush-off that it is only “locker room talk.”

In the meantime, there is a never-ending stream of hacked emails, tapes and other documentary evidence whose release violates scores of federal laws but is somehow countenanced as a legitimate search for the truth.

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stream of hacked emails. At the same time, Russian forces and their proxies seem intent on provoking the U.S. military. On Oct. 12, Russia went so far as to order its government officials abroad to repatriate their families to Russia, declaring it feared an impending nuclear exchange with the United States.

Not that Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate for the presidency, isn’t carrying her own substantial baggage. Rarely has a presidential candidate been surrounded by such widespread accusations of illegal behaviour, corruption and malfeasance.

Nonetheless, this theatre of the absurd does have an underlying logic.

First you put together a coalition of various political groupings in your party sufficient to triumph in the primary process. Between the end of the primary race and the convention, you consolidate your party base so that post-convention, you can zero in on those critical swing voters who will drive the margin of victory in the states that ultimately determine the election.

Over the summer, Trump seemed to follow that basic script, in his own unscripted way. Of late, however, his focus appears to be on reinforcing and solidifying his base of supporters. That

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base is a significant bloc, but it will ultimately prove insufficient.

So is Trump looking to that base to give him a political victory or as a foundation for some new endeavour?

A number of Trump’s critics have argued that he is looking at his newly-energized base as the foundation of everything from a new political party to a new Fox-like news channel.

Trump TV anyone?

Some have even argued that Trump never wanted the nomination and that he only ran to burnish his “brand value.” Add to that Trump’s claim that it was Bill Clinton who convinced him to run as a Republican and you have enough fodder for conspiracy theorists to run wild.

This is the strangest and most unpredictable election in a century. Its results are still opaque, the hyperactive polling notwithstanding, as each candidate campaigns in a minefield of damaging disclosures. Expect this roller-coaster ride to continue until the very end.

Troy Media columnist Joseph Micallef is a historian, best-selling author and, at times, sardonic commentator on world politics.

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Provinces set for tough negotiations NEW LONG-TERM HEALTH FUNDING AGREEMENT PROMISED BY TRUDEAU

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Rachel Samaroden and Atticus Graham work on their Pointillism projects at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery Saturday afternoon.

Each Saturday the museum holds its Magnificent Saturday events where guest artists guide participants young and old through a creative art session. Pointillism is a technique that uses hundreds if not thousands of dots to create a work of art. Next Saturday participants will create 3-D masks using layers of cardboard and other media.

OTTAWA — Provincial officials are setting the stage for a tough round of negotiations when they meet the federal health minister this week in Toronto to discuss the future of health-care funding.

Speaking separately, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Quebec Health Minister Gaetan Barrette re-affirmed the need for more federal money for health care.

“There are a number of areas that all of the provinces are struggling with, and at the same time, we recognize that there needs to be some base-funding increase,” Wynne said last week in Ottawa. “So that’s the conversation that we’re going to have with the federal government.”

And Barrette warned that any attempt to put conditions on how healthcare dollars are spent could fuel the province’s sovereigntist movement.

“If the federal government intends to feed the sovereigntist camp and its new leader in Quebec, that is exactly what they will do,” Barrette said in an interview last week.

Provincial health ministers will sit down with Health Minister Jane Philpott on Tuesday to negotiate a new health accord.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised a new, long-term health funding agreement with the provinces and territories, but the premiers are unhappy that Ottawa appears intent on limiting federal funding increases to three per cent a year.

An annual increase of six per cent was set out in the last health accord, negotiated with then-prime minister Paul Martin in 2004, which expired in 2014.

The previous Conservative government started the clock ticking on lowering that increase to three per cent, which is scheduled to kick in at the end of the fiscal year.

Wynne, who has been a close ally with Trudeau on most matters, said

the federal government “wants to work with us.”

However she also predicted that “it won’t be an easy conversation.” She expects an eventual agreement, but “exactly how long that will take, I don’t know. And exactly what that will look like, I don’t know.”

Philpott has previously tried to shift the conversation away from the Canada Health Transfer by talking about a health accord that would set priorities in the areas of home care, palliative care, mental health and making prescription drugs more affordable.

Previous health funding agreements, she said, have failed at addressing fundamental structural problems with the Canadian health care system.

But Barrette pushed back against suggestions Ottawa could set such priorities, noting the Liberals have agreed to accept the cap-and-trade systems set up by Ontario and Quebec to fight climate change in lieu of a carbon tax.

“Why is this the approach with climate change and not with health?” he asked. “Explain that to me.”

Ake Blomqvist, a health economist at Carleton University, expects the negotiations between Philpott and her provincial counterparts will be bitter.

He said it’s unfortunate that a discussion about one of the most important issues in Canada has come down to “bickering” about money.

“The main issue that concerns me is that a lot of intelligent and highly paid people spent all their time on this bickering about money,” he said.

“When in fact there are many things that probably should be done in health policy in terms of reforming the way our system works.”

Efforts to get Ottawa to provide more money to the provinces have been underway for months. Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski, chairman of the group representing the premiers of Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories, laid out some demands in a Sept. 15 letter to Trudeau.

Justice Minister to reveal plans for victim surcharge OVERHAUL OF TOUGH-ON-CRIME AGENDA PART OF SWEEPING CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Liberals are moving towards changing the controversial mandatory victim surcharge brought in by the previous Conservative government, with the federal justice minister expected to introduce related amendments to the Criminal Code this week.

The coming changes are part of sweeping reforms to the criminal justice system — expected to include an overhaul of the tough-on-crime agenda championed by the Conservatives — that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tasked Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould with leading.

Valerie Gervais, a spokeswoman for Wilson-Raybould, provided no details, but those who have been watching the issue closely are expecting the amendments to restore at least some degree of discretion to judges.

“We can trust our judges to do the right thing,” said Anne London-Weinstein, president of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa. “They were doing it for years,” she said.

The federal victim surcharge was introduced in 1989 as a way to make offenders bear at least some of the cost of funding programs and services for victims administered by the provinces and territories.

It became automatic 10 years later, but sentencing judges were given the discretion to waive the surcharge if it would cause “undue hardship” to the offender, or to his or her dependents.

That changed three years ago, when the Conservative government made

the victim surcharge mandatory — irrespective of the ability to pay — and also doubled the amount judges had to impose.

The Conservative changes sparked protests from judges who, having had their ability to exercise judicial discretion taken away, started refusing to impose the surcharge for impoverished offenders or issuing fines that were so minimal the surcharge amounted to nickels and dimes.

Jonathan Rudin, program director at Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto, said the mandatory victim surcharge is especially absurd when an offender is receiving social assistance or benefited from legal aid to cover the cost of their defence.

“It doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense to take away the money that they have, which is barely enough to live on, to pay money back to the same government to run a program,” said Rudin.

He also said it disproportionately affected indigenous peoples.

Not everyone is excited about the changes.

“I would hope that any proposed change demonstrate a clear respect for victims and their needs and should avoid back-sliding to the situation that we had before, where these surcharges were being waived routinely, without any justification or accountability,” said Sue O’Sullivan, the federal ombudsman for victims of crime.

A 1994 study cited when the Conservatives brought in the changes showed the surcharge was only imposed 15 per cent of the time and actually collected

‘IT DOESN’T SEEM TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO TAKE AWAY THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH IS BARELY ENOUGH TO LIVE ON, TO PAY MONEY BACK TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT TO RUN A PROGRAM’ JONATHAN RUDIN ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICES OF TORONTO PROGRAM DIRECTOR in just 2.7 per cent of cases.

O’Sullivan called on the Liberal government to make sure any changes would not result in reduced funding for victims services. She also wants Ottawa to collect and analyse data to see the impact of these surcharges and to make sure are specific parameters around the term “undue hardship.”

Barry Stuart, a retired Yukon judge who was part of a small group invited to a private meeting with Wilson-Raybould this spring to discuss Liberal plans for reform, said the courts need to do a better job dealing with the needs of victims.

“It’s important that victims believe

that the criminal court can address their interests,” said Stuart, a director with the Smart Justice Network of Canada.

He said the victim surcharge cannot be the only way to do that.

Stuart said he would like to see prosecutors required to raise the issue in every case, but allow judges to waive it should the offender be unable to pay and ideally be given the ability to impose community service instead.

Stuart said he would also like to see judges be given the ability to impose a much higher surcharge for offences such as environmental crime, fraud and selling drugs to children, as well as be able to grant specific restitution to victims of crime without them having to go through a costly civil court process.

New Democrat MP Murray Rankin said restoring judicial discretion is key.

“The best thing to do is simply to say that any victim surcharge should be at the discretion of the sentencing judge — no longer mandatory and no longer a particular amount,” said Rankin, the justice critic.

Winnipeg police warn two teens after multiple creepy clown reports WINNIPEG — Two teenaged boys in Winnipeg escaped with only a warning after police say they responded to a report of clowns chasing people.

Police say the report claimed one of the clowns was armed, and when officers arrived at the scene on Saturday night, they found multiple people who said they’d been chased.

Two 17-year-old boys were apprehended, and police say they found clown-like masks and a large flashlight.

Police say they considered charging the duo with weapons-related or mischief offences, but they cautioned the pair instead.

Police say dressing up as a clown in not against the law, but a person could face charges if there are grounds to believe he or she committed acts of mischief, or threatened, assaulted or harassed others.

Creepy clown sightings, threats and arrests have been reported across

North America and even reached the United Kingdom.

“The Winnipeg Police Service takes matters like these very seriously, and encourages anyone considering engaging in this type of behaviour to stop and take a moment to consider the impact it may have on others, including themselves,” police said in a news release Sunday.

Police said although creepy clowns appear to be merely pranksters who are only interested in scaring people, anyone in a similar situation who is concerned for their safety should call police immediately.

In North Battleford, Sask., RCMP say they received a report on Saturday of two creepy clowns hanging out in a park. But they say the complainant phoned back after realizing it was actually just two young children who were wearing masks. Two recent creepy clown incidents in North Bay, Ont., prompted police there to issue a public notice last week that people who are considering dressing up as a prank could face prosecution.

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Liberals consulting, but are they listening

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau’s Liberals swept to power last October with a promise of a more open government that better reflects the values and expectations of Canadians.

A year later, they’re getting credit for a willingness to listen. But it’s too early to tell whether that is resulting in decisions and policies the public truly wants.

The Liberals have launched a flurry of consultations on matters big and small. At last count, there were 84 consultations accepting online comments about everything from food additives and species at risk to a national housing strategy and security policy.

Townhall meetings on electoral reform have taken place across the country, and a special task force is gathering views on a legalized marijuana regime.

The Liberals say they’re fulfilling the pledge to include Canadians in decision-making through several means, including discussion papers, surveys, online portals for written submissions, public meetings, regional and national roundtables, social media, teleconferences and webinars.

“The many open consultations are an opportunity for everyone to be involved in the discussions that shape and inform public policy decisions, and share their ideas,” said Cameron Ahmad, a spokesman for Trudeau.

Many say the active solicitation of public input stands in sharp contrast to the top-down control of the previous Conservative government under Stephen Harper. The question is whether the change in style will be matched by one in substance.

There’s evidence that the more a party can appear to be governing on the basis of a broad consensus, the higher its polling numbers tend to be, said Paul Thomas, professor emeritus of political studies at the University of Manitoba.

“In this day and age, conflict is not regarded favourably by the public,” Thomas said. “They think there’s too much mindless, partisan conflict in the political world. And they would like to see governments identify the public interest by listening to the public more.”

Critics of consultation deride the process as a public-relations exercise that makes people feel good but has no impact on actual policy. Some say it’s simply a time-buying ploy that allows the government to delay a tough decision on a divisive topic.

For the NDP, the controversial anti-terrorism legislation known as Bill C-51 is a prime example.

The Liberals promised during the election campaign to fix several specific “problematic elements” of the law.

The NDP has chastised the government for embarking on a full national security review before changing even a single line of the legislation.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale recently defended the Liberals’ unhurried approach, saying the government wants to take the neces-

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Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau makes his way to the stage with wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau at Liberal party headquarters in Montreal on October 20, 2015. Trudeau’s Liberals swept to power last October with a promise of a more open government that better reflects the values and expectations of Canadians. A year later, they’re getting credit for a willingness to listen. But it’s too early to tell whether that is resulting in decisions and policies the public truly wants. sary time to “get this right” after the Conservatives rushed legislation onto the books without properly consulting Canadians.

“A lot of people felt shut out, and we promised to give them the opportunity to be heard.”

Accountability can be built into the process by “reporting back” to the public on what was heard and how the feedback was used in decision-making, said Paul Howe, a political science professor at the University of New Brunswick.

Federal agencies have promised to publish such reports, though they generally take many months to prepare and release.

Still, that does not guarantee the advice considered by decision-makers is truly indicative of public sentiment.

“How representative are those people who go online and contribute to discussions that are taking place in cyberspace?” asked Thomas. “And how do you integrate that kind of public feedback with the expert advice that’s coming from the specialists inside government?

“It’s a very tricky exercise.”

After attending more than a dozen townhalls on electoral reform, Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef said there was no consensus on the precise voting system that should replace Canada’s current first-pastthe-post system.

Teen dies after Toronto shooting TORONTO — The stepmother of a 17-year-old boy who was fatally shot early Sunday in Toronto says he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Trisha Samuels says her stepson Jarryl Hagley was eating pizza down the street from the house with his friends when the shooting happened.

“He was a very loving boy, he loved everybody that was around him, he wasn’t a trouble-maker,”

NDP democratic reform critic Nathan Cullen, on the other hand, said NDP townhalls had found overwhelming support for some form of proportional representation.

The Conservatives, meanwhile, are demanding a referendum on any electoral changes.

The experience illustrates the pitfalls of the Liberal approach, said Duff Conacher, a founder of the accountability group Democracy Watch.

The government is conducting plenty of “squeaky-wheel consultations” — like the ones on electoral reform — that attract people with strong views on a given subject, Conacher said. But the Liberals promised a government that better reflects the beliefs and expectations of Canadians.

“You can’t do that unless you know what Canadians’ values are,” he said.

“And you can’t know that unless you do a meaningful, demographically representative consultation.”

Conacher advocates a more rigorous process — common in Sweden — known as the study circle.

The concept involves an independent administrator randomly selecting about 1,500 Canadians who are statistically representative of the population, divided into 75 groups of up to 20 people apiece.

Each group meets four or five times over the course of several weeks to learn about, discuss and ultimately

Samuels says. “He was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Police said they responded to the call at about 1:40 a.m. They say Hagley was shot after a gunman entered the restaurant and began firing in his direction. He was taken to hospital, but later died of his injuries.

Staff Sgt. Tim Jacob says the police are not releasing any more information about the shooting, but are urging witnesses to come forward.

Activists seek injunction against use of ‘Cleveland Indians’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A prominent indigenous activist and architect is seeking a court ruling that would prevent the Cleveland Indians from wearing their regular jerseys, using their team name and displaying their logo when they play in Toronto this week.

Douglas Cardinal, an officer of the Order of Canada, has filed an application to the Ontario Superior Court and complaints to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and Canadian Human Rights Commission.

He’s arguing that the Cleveland Indians’ team name and mascot — Chief Wahoo, a cartoon man with red skin and a feather in his headband — are offensive and discriminatory.

His application asks the court to bar the usage of the name and logo by the team, Major League Baseball and Rogers Communications, which is broadcasting the American League Championship Series.

Rogers also owns the Blue Jays and the stadium they play in, the Rogers Centre.

The Human Rights Commission and Tribunal can take months to rule on complaints, but the Superior Court is much quicker: a court hearing is scheduled for Monday, said Monique Jileson, lead counsel on the case. The court can order an injunction that would keep the team and broadcasters from using the name until the human rights cases can be decided.

This legal step is just the latest in a push against the team’s name, as the United Church of Canada and the United Church of Christ have urged the team to change its name.

“The risk is that it can incite discrimination against indigenous people in Canada, and it’s the same with the name ‘Indians’,” Jileson said, adding that baseball is a service — it’s entertainment — and Canada’s Human Rights Act prevents people and corporations from discriminating in the provision of a service.

Michael Swinwood, who is Cardinal’s lawyer but is not formally involved in these proceedings, said that the team should stop using its name and logo altogether.

“We should be displaying more consciousness in the choices we make in relation to logos,” he said.

“It’s offensive to indigenous people, and it needs to be addressed.”

He said that the logo reflects stereotypes and misunderstandings about indigenous cultures, lumping diverse groups of First Nations into one offensive, homogenous cartoon.

“It’s much deeper and more profound than a logo being offensive. It’s really an indicator of why that relationship (between First Nations peoples and society at large) is so flawed. Because there’s this lack of recognition of what the true conditions of native peoples have been over the last 500 years.”

But it’s not just the U.S. that has issues with team names and logos like this — Jileson noted that the Edmonton Eskimos have come under fire for using a term for Inuit that many consider outdated and derogatory.

It’s the reach of these games that sets the Cleveland team apart, she said. It’s the first time that Cleveland is playing the Blue Jays in Canada for a playoff event, and millions will have their eyes on the game, Jileson said, adding that CFL games are on a smaller scale, but that doesn’t mean they’re less worthy of our attention.

James Fuller, a spokesperson for Cardinal, said the Cleveland Indians should just be referred to as “the Cleveland team” for the time being.

He said he’s under the impression that the team has jerseys without its Chief Wahoo logo that players could wear.

Aaron Lazarus, a spokesperson for Rogers Communications, said in a statement that broadcasting the game without displaying the team name or logo “on the field, in the stands and in the stadium” would be “virtually impossible,” although Fuller said the application to the courts doesn’t include barring fans from carrying paraphernalia with the logo or team name.

Lazarus also said the company understands “the Cleveland name and logo is a concern for a number of Canadians,” but added, “the playoff series between the Jays and Cleveland is also significantly important to millions of passionate baseball fans across Canada. Punishing these fans by blocking the broadcast of the games doesn’t seem like the right solution.”

A representative from the Cleveland Indians said the team was “aware of the situation” but declined to say anything else.

Cleveland is currently leading the series 2-0.

answer neutral questions on an issue.

The overall results are then tabulated to reflect the entire pool of participants.

The process is more effective than a telephone survey, where someone might provide answers without knowing anything about the subject, Conacher said. It’s also more representative than holding a single citizen assembly of as many as 200 people, the results of which can be skewed by charismatic participants, he added.

Democracy Watch helped the Liberal government of Jean Chretien employ the study circle technique during immigration consultations more than 20 years ago. Conacher has tried — unsuccessfully so far — to generate renewed enthusiasm for the concept.

The Liberals are “always open to new ideas on how we consult,” said Ahmad, but he insisted the government is already ensuring space for a broad range of Canadians.

Ahmad pointed to the government’s “Innovation Agenda” consultations, which began with a discussion paper and background presentation and generated considerable online buzz through social media as well as ideas from more than 1,000 people.

As part of the process, 10 innovation leaders led 30 roundtables involving 400 participants.

Federal union targets Trudeau in ad campaign CONTRACT TALKS DRAG ON

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The largest union representing federal workers is ramping up its campaign against the Liberal government, turning the prime minister’s words against him.

The print and radio advertisements paid for by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) are hoping to use Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise of a revamped relationship with civil servants to prod the Liberals to change collective bargaining tactics.

The campaign is scheduled to launch Monday and the print ads are addressed to Trudeau with “you said you’d be different” emblazoned across the top and the words, “make good on your word” at the bottom.

The ads also include wording from Trudeau’s open letter to federal bureaucrats telling them that his government wanted a different kind of relationship with the hundreds of thousands federal civil servants, many of whom felt under siege with the previous Conservative government.

“It has been a year since the election. The tone has changed, but it’s now time for action,” said PSAC national president Robyn Benson.

Contract talks with PSAC have dragged on for more than two years, with negotiators returning to the bargaining table late last month for the first time in nearly three months. Treasury Board of Canada, which bargains on behalf of the government, signalled in June that it was not prepared to back away from proposed changes to sick leave for about 90,000 workers.

The government has proposed allowing its employees eight days of sick leave annually, with the ability to carry over two days into the next year.

Public servants currently get 15 days a year of paid sick leave, which they can roll over and bank from year to year.

Treasury Board’s plan would see the existing bank, which has about 15 million days of unused sick leave, abolished.

The union said it has proposed contract language that would result in fairer treatment for workers when changes are made to the delivery of government services.

It has also asked for wage increases totalling nine per cent over three years.

Earlier this year the government had offered 0.5 per cent wage increases in each of three years, pay hikes it has already promised its executives.

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‘House of cards’ conviction OLAND LAWYERS LAUNCH ATTACK AFTER MOOSEHEAD OWNER CONVICTED OF MURDER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FREDERICTON — It was one of the longest murder trials in New Brunswick history, involving one of the Maritimes’ most prominent families.

Dennis Oland, a financial planner and member of the family that owns Moosehead Breweries, was convicted in December of killing his millionaire father Richard Oland based on a “house of cards” of circumstantial evidence.

On Tuesday, Oland’s lawyers will try to pull apart that house of cards, and ask the Court of Appeal to overturn the verdict.

His lawyers say the trial judge made multiple errors in his instructions to the jury, citing his decision to admit certain pieces of evidence — including some cellphone records and the results of forensic testing on Oland’s brown Hugo Boss sports jacket.

Found on that jacket: A number of minuscule blood stains and DNA that matched the profile of Richard Oland.

The elder Oland, a well-known New Brunswick businessman, was found face down in a pool of blood on the floor of his Saint John office on July 7, 2011. He had suffered 45 blunt and sharp force blows to his head, neck and hands, although no murder weapon was ever found.

“The forensic testing was not authorized by the search warrant,” defence lawyers wrote in their submission to the Court of Appeal.

They also argues the jacket was tested outside New Brunswick, which “violated the express terms of judicial orders requiring it to be detained in the custody of the (Saint John Police Force) in the City of Saint John.”

They argue the testing violated Oland’s Charter rights against unreasonable search or seizure, and all the evidence from it should have been excluded.

None of the expert witnesses could say how long the blood had been on the brown jacket or how it got there.

Others testified that the killer likely would have considerable blood spatter on his or her clothes, based on the amount of spatter at the crime scene.

No blood evidence was found on any other articles of Oland’s clothing, his car, home or cellphone.

Dennis Oland had told police he was wearing a navy blazer when he went to visit his father on the day he was killed, but security camera video showed him wearing the brown jacket.

The defence also alleges the trial judge erred by admitting cellphone records which purported to show Richard Oland’s missing iPhone “pinged” off a tower east of the city at 6:44 p.m., after Dennis left his father’s office.

The defence will argue that’s a piece of evidence unconnected to any other aspect of the case.

“But because it references a cell tower in the same general direction that (Dennis Oland) travelled it invites an unfair inculpatory inference simply because ‘coincidence’ has a pejorative connotation,” the defence wrote.

Nicole O’Byrne, a law professor at the University of New Brunswick, said a trial that is based mainly on circumstantial evidence is like a “house of cards.”

“Every card that goes in builds the narrative or builds the story, and that’s what the jury is assessing with respect to credibility or what the meaning of each particular piece of evidence is in the context. If you take out a couple of

Oland appeal: Key evidence that was presented at his murder trial FREDERICTON — The appeal of Dennis Oland’s second-degree murder conviction begins Tuesday at the Court of Appeal in Fredericton.

Here are some of the key pieces of evidence that were presented at trial — and one that wasn’t: BROWN SPORTS JACKET: The jury heard that a brown Hugo Boss jacket seized from Dennis Oland’s home tested positive for minuscule blood and DNA samples that matched the profile of his father Richard. A blood spatter expert testified the killer would have had a those pieces of cards, the whole house of cards might come crashing down,” she said.

Throughout the trial the Crown focused on possible motives, including Dennis Oland’s serious financial difficulties and the knowledge that his father was having an affair. They suggested Oland may have killed his father in a fit of rage.

But in his own testimony, Oland downplayed his finances, and said he had not discussed his finances or the affair with his father when they met at his office to discuss research into their family history.

The defence is asking that the court allow the appeal, quash the conviction and direct a verdict of acquittal, or order a new trial.

The Crown, meanwhile, stands by its case and is asking for the appeal to

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significant amount of blood on his or her hands and clothes.

DNA AND BLOOD: While DNA samples on Oland’s jacket matched the profile of his father Richard, no witnesses could say how it got on the jacket, or how long it had been there.

No blood or DNA from the crime scene was found in Dennis Oland’s car or on his other clothing or cell phone.

CELLPHONE RECORDS: The records showed that Richard Oland’s missing iPhone received a text message from his mistress, Diana Sedlacek, at 6:44 p.m. on the evening that he was killed, and it connected with a cell tower east of Saint John.

MURDER WEAPON: No weapon was ever found. During the trial it was suggested it could have been similar to a drywall hammer. be dismissed.

“Despite (Dennis Oland’s) suggestions otherwise, the case against him was not a house of cards waiting to fall, but a structure based on strong evidential foundation,” the Crown wrote in its submission.

The appeal begins Tuesday morning. Three days have been set aside to hear the arguments.

A second Oland appeal will go this month to the Supreme Court of Canada, as he seeks release pending his conviction appeal. That request has already been denied by two lower courts.

Oland has been sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for at least 10 years. According to court documents, he is currently serving his sentence at the Atlantic Institution in Renous, N.B.

Canada BRIEFS Two down, one to go: Auto workers accept new contract with second automaker

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Kerry Wood Nature Centre visitor services employee Wendy Marshall holds up what she considers a great find at the Trash To Treasure event at the nature centre this weekend. The Waskasoo Environmental Education Society held its Trash to Treasure swap meet Saturday and Sunday in conjunction with Kick it to the Curb, which also had City of Red Deer residents kicking unwanted items to the curb outside their homes for free pickup.

TORONTO — Workers at Fiat Chrysler have voted to accept a new contract with the automaker in what their union describes as “tough” negotiations.

Unifor says the four-year agreement secures both investment and wage improvements.

The union says all of the bargaining units within Fiat Chrysler gave strong support for the deal in a vote held Sunday — the agreement covers some 9,750 employees.

Unifor says the deal includes two wage increases of two per cent and signing bonuses that total $12,000 over the next four years. The union says management promised to invest $331 million in its Canadian operations.

Union president Jerry Dias indicated before talks with Chrysler and General Motors that investment was the most important issue for the workers.

The deal with General Motors was worked out last month and served as a template for the agreement with Fiat Chrysler. It will also be a basis for talks with the final Detroit Three automaker. Negotiations with Ford are set to start on Tuesday.

“In each round of our negotiations, the union has set clear objectives, and so far we have reached these,” Dias said in a news release.

School board scrutiny mounts as funding pressures take toll ‘WHEN ANYTHING GOES WRONG, THE WHIPPING BOYS AND WHIPPING GIRLS ... ARE THE SCHOOL BOARDS’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Accusations of harassment in the workplace. Refusals to pass a balanced budget. The firing of entire boards.

School boards across the country have attracted attention over internal discord and for being at loggerheads with provincial governments. But some experts say what happens in school districts is just as common at other levels of government, albeit far less public.

“You see clashes between elected officials and bureaucrats all the time and at all levels,” said Gerald Galway, a professor of education at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador who also spent 16 years as a senior bureaucrat involved in the province’s education system.

“But I would suggest (it’s) much more public at the school board level than behind the closed doors in the board rooms and offices in ministries of government.”

The latest school board storms are happening in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland where board trustees have rebuffed recommendations from officials to close individual schools because of falling enrolment.

But there have been a number of examples of friction between school board members and provincial governments, including the axing of school boards in Nova Scotia over the past decade.

There was also a period where the Toronto District School Board came under fire for allegations of misspent funds and a culture of dysfunction and fear, which was outlined in a 2015 report commissioned by the Ontario government.

In B.C., six Vancouver School Board superintendents went on sick leave in recent weeks amid allegations of bullying and harassment in the workplace.

While experts tend to agree the high

visibility of school board work leads to negative coverage, there is far less consensus on the reason for the discord, both between elected trustees and bureaucrats, and between boards and provinces.

Charles Ungerleider, a former deputy minister of education in British Columbia, said one source of conflict stems from school boards sometimes being treated as a “buffer” between the provincial government and individual schools.

“As locally elected politicians, school trustees often feel that they will suffer the consequences of implementing unpopular provincial policies,” Ungerleider wrote in an email.

Former Vancouver trustee Bill Bruneau went further, saying school boards are scapegoats for faltering investments in education.

“When anything goes wrong, the whipping boys and whipping girls … are the school boards,” Bruneau said.

He said he wants the province to hand more powers to school boards, empowering them to have a greater say in curriculum development as well as the ability to set taxes and raise their own funds.

But not everyone sees decentralization as a solution. Charles Pascal, a professor at the University of Toronto and former deputy minister of education in Ontario, said provinces, by and large, intervene only when it’s absolutely warranted.

“Whenever there’s tension … more often than not it’s because the school board is not managing the resources they get in an effective way,” he said.

In terms of internal tumult between elected and appointed officials, Ungerleider added that trustees sometimes fail to appreciate the difference between governance and administration.

Elected officials can become inappropriately involved in day-to-day operations instead of just high-level governance direction, especially in light of increasing demands being placed on

them, he said.

“Societal (and) parental expectations have increased exponentially.

Parents want and expect more for their children, and often find it challenging to see beyond the horizon of their own child’s interest,” said Ungerleider.

Claude Lessard, an education scholar at the University of Montreal, agreed that micro-management on the part of trustees can stoke tensions with bureaucrats. He added that the same is true at higher levels of government, though it’s much less visible.

“It’s the classic struggle between those whose legitimacy is democracy and others whose legitimacy is expertise,” he said.

As for clashes with the province, Lessard said provincial governments sometimes take an aggressive stance against a school board to show the public they’re defending education.

“In the political game, you have to find someone who’s responsible,” he said. “If it’s not the provincial government and not the minister of education, well, then it’s the school board.”

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Matthew causes $1.5 billion in damage to N.C.

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Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, left, and U.S Secretary of State John Kerry speak to the media during a joint press conference in London, Sunday. With military options all but eliminated, the United States and Britain on Sunday said they were considering new sanctions to pressure the Syrian and Russian governments to halt an offensive against rebel-held parts of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city.

Opposition forces capture Dabiq from Islamic State

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces captured the symbolically-significant town of Dabiq from the Islamic State group on Sunday as government forces reversed recent rebel advances in the centre of the country.

Though only a small town of marginal strategic importance in northern Syria, Dabiq has figured centrally in IS propaganda. Citing Islamic lore, the extremist group claims it will be the stage for an apocalyptic battle between Crusaders and an army of the Muslim caliphate that will herald doomsday.

Meanwhile, southwest of Dabiq, Syrian government forces pounded rebel-held districts in the contested city of Aleppo, culminating in a devastating airstrike on a residential building in the Qaterji neighbourhood late in the evening that killed at least 25 people, according to the Civil Defence search-and-rescue outfit.

Spokesman Ibrahim Alhaj said some families remain trapped under the rubble.

The Qaterji attack brought the death toll to 49 from strikes on opposition-run eastern Aleppo on Sunday, according to Al Haj.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group, which monitors the conflict through local contacts, put the toll from the Qaterji attack at no less than 15 civilian fatalities, and Sunday’s tally for the eastern portion of the city at 31 civilians.

Russian jets are also known to fly sorties over east Aleppo. Russia is a key backer of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad in the country’s raging war.

In Dabiq, Islamic State fighters put up “minimal” resistance in defending the town, according to a commander of the Syrian opposition Hamza Brigade, before they withdrew south to al-Bab, which remains under IS control.

Saif Abu Bakr said some 2,000 opposition fighters pushed into Dabiq with tank and artillery support from the Turkish army. The commander said IS left the town heavily mined.

Both Turkish and international coalition warplanes conducted airstrikes on Dabiq and nearby Arshak, the Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

The U.S. envoy to the coalition against IS, Brett McGurk, tweeted Sunday that the extremist group had promised a “final victory” in Dabiq, but that its fighters had instead “fled in defeat at the hands of Syrians supported by our #coalition.”

RALEIGH, N.C. — Flooding spawned by Hurricane Matthew has caused $1.5 billion in damage to 100,000 homes, businesses and government buildings in North Carolina, according to a state estimate.

The figure released late Saturday represents one of the first detailed analyses of damage from the storm, and it’s part of a growing picture of Matthew’s financial impact.

With floodwaters yet to recede in some communities, officials say the number could fluctuate.

“I do think that there may be more out there,” John Dorman, an assistant state emergency management director, said of whether the number could grow.

Dorman said the state’s computer modeling combines property records, topography and stream gauges to estimate how many feet of water have affected a given building — and how much damage that water caused. The state also used manned aircraft and drones to verify projections.

Damage estimates for buildings where the water only reaches the base of the foundation can be as low as $200 to $300, while estimates for buildings in which the water reach several feet are much higher, Dorman said. The system uses property tax values that are updated regularly and other calculations to estimate damage.

The figure released this weekend is one piece of the overall picture of how the storm affected the state. For example, it doesn’t include the cost of repairing damaged roads and bridges or replacing belongings inside damaged buildings, which are often covered by insurance policies.

Early next week, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory plans to release a detailed plan of how North Carolina will rebuild, including how to pay for the effort.

Even before the extent of the flooding was known, real-estate and insurance research firms had estimated that damage from Hurricane Matthew would be at least several billion dollars across multiple states. In North Carolina, the hurricane dumped more than a foot of rain 100 miles inland, causing massive flooding in the eastern part of the state.

Towns such as Princeville, Lumberton and Fair Bluff were inundated.

Meanwhile, in South Carolina, emergency officials are still closely watching the swollen Waccamaw and Little Pee Dee rivers.

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A woman purchases a pinata made in the likeness of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a roadside stand, Sunday, in Elgin, Texas.

Clinton in good shape with 3 weeks left: GOP strategists

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DES MOINES, Iowa — With roughly three weeks to Election Day, Republican strategists nationwide publicly concede Hillary Clinton has a firm grip on the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House — and may be on her way to an even more decisive victory over Donald Trump.

“He is on track to totally and completely melting down,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayers, who is advising Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s re-election campaign. Like many Republican strategists, he was willing to speak publicly about the GOP nominee’s rough road ahead at the end of an unprecedented campaign.

Things can change before Election Day. There is one more presidential debate, and Trump has rallied before. His core supporters remain strongly committed.

But along with indicators such as polling, campaign travel, staffing and advertising, the interviews with Republican political professionals unaffiliated with the Trump campaign suggest only an epic collapse by Clinton would keep her from winning enough states to become president.

In the past week, Trump’s campaign has been hit by allegations the New York billionaire sexually accosted several women over the past three decades.

Early voting in pivotal North Carolina and Florida shows positive signs for Clinton, and donations to the Republican National Committee are down about a quarter over the past three months from the same period in 2012, when Mitt Romney was the nominee.

Preference polling in the past week, meanwhile, has generally moved in Clinton’s direction, with the Democrat improving in national surveys and in a number of contested states.

If the election were held today, Clinton would likely carry the entire West Coast and Northeast, as well as most of the Great Lakes region — a place Trump once identified as ripe territory for his populist message against free trade.

Only Ohio is a toss-up in that part of the country, but the perennial battleground may not play a decisive role come Election Day this year due to Clinton’s strength — and Trump’s weaknesses — elsewhere.

Trump and running mate Mike Pence have made a hard play for Pennsylvania, a state carried by the Democratic nominee in the past six elections. But their strategy to hold down Clinton in Philadelphia and its suburbs while running up Trump’s vote total in more conservative parts of the state has failed to materialize.

“He’s getting his brains beat in by women in the Philly suburbs,” said Ed Goeas, a Republican pollster who is surveying presidential battlegrounds and several states with races for U.S. Senate.

Trump was already struggling to attract support from women before his first debate with Clinton in late September. It was at that event in New York where Clinton stung Trump by reviving his past shaming of a former Miss Universe for gaining weight.

Trump’s response, calling the contestant’s weight gain “a real problem” in a TV interview the next day, was quickly eclipsed by the publication of a video from 2005 on which the Republican bragged about using his fame to prey on women.

An apology followed, but Trump also insisted his comments were nothing more than “locker room talk.” He denied at the candidates’ second debate that he ever acted in the ways he discussed in the 2005 video.

Within days, several women had come forward to accuse Trump of unwanted sexual advances and sexual assault. He responded by calling his accusers liars and, on Friday, suggested they were in some instances not physically attractive enough to merit his attention.

“His entire tack could not be better designed to drive away college-educated women,” said Ayers, the GOP pollster.

Educated women living in suburbs have long been a key part of the GOP coalition, but polls indicate the

revelations about Trump’s behaviour have pushed them toward Clinton in the battleground states of Colorado and Virginia.

The events have also foiled Trump’s late-in-thecampaign plan to re-ignite his hope of carrying Wisconsin. Trump and Pence were to campaign with House Speaker Paul Ryan in his home state a day after the 2005 video was made public. Ryan withdrew his invitation to Trump, and Pence later cancelled.

Trump can still count on carrying states across the West, the Great Plains and in the South, but Ayers and other Republicans predict he may ultimately end up with fewer than 200 Electoral College votes.

Should the Republican fall short in Pennsylvania, he would need to post victories in both Florida and Ohio, as well as several other battlegrounds — North Carolina, Virginia, Nevada and New Hampshire among them — to reach 270.

But that’s only if he prevails in reliably Republican Arizona, Georgia and Utah.

In Utah, Trump’s deep unpopularity among the large population of Mormon voters could lead to four candidates winning 10 per cent or more of the state’s vote. That kind of uncertainty opens the door to a win there for Clinton or for third-party candidates Evan McMullin and Gary Johnson.

In Arizona, won by the Republican nominee in all but one election since 1952, Trump’s characterization of some Hispanic immigrants as criminals has turned off many in the state’s growing and Democratic-leaning Hispanic community.

GOP nominees have carried Georgia in seven of the last eight presidential elections. But about a quarter of the state’s voters are African American, a reliably Democratic-voting bloc. Like Virginia, Georgia is also home to well-educated young professionals more likely to favour Clinton, said Chris Jankowski, a Virginia-based national GOP consultant.

“With Trump bleeding out, he could find himself competing to win the white vote in Georgia,” Jankowski said. “That’s when you know it’s over.”

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Fortis CEO makes presence felt on NYSE HEAD OF NEWFOUNDLAND COMPANY RINGING OPENING BELL TUESDAY MORNING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The head of Fortis Inc. laughed when asked who will get to press the button Tuesday morning when the Newfoundland-based company rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

“I’m a team player — mostly,” said CEO and President Barry Perry, whose 11th-floor office overlooks a spectacular sweep of colourful clapboard houses, the St. John’s harbour and iconic Signal Hill.

“But this time around, I’m going to be that guy. My former boss at times used to say: ‘Rank does have some privileges.”’

That former boss is his mentor and predecessor at Fortis, Stan Marshall, another Newfoundlander who was deeply proud of the North American corporate giant’s roots and steadfast presence in the province.

Perry took over the top job after Marshall retired in 2014. With the closing Friday of its US$11.3-billion deal to acquire Novi, Mich.-based ITC Holdings Corp., he now leads one of North America’s top 15 regulated, investor-owned utilities.

Its 8,000 employees run electric and gas utilities in five Canadian provinces, nine U.S. states and three Caribbean countries.

Common shares of Fortis started trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FTS — the same used for previous and continued trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

It’s just the second company with Newfoundland roots, after CHC Helicopter Corp., to list on the NYSE. Tuesday’s ringing of the opening bell is more the symbolic marking of a coveted milestone for a company with assets now worth more than C$45 billion.

Fortis could be headquartered in a skyscraper overlooking New York City. The company that traces its evolution to the St. John’s Electric Light Company founded in 1885 now has about 60 per cent of its interests in the U.S. But despite the hours of extra air travel and other logistics, Perry said there are no plans to leave St. John’s.

“I have no intention of moving Fortis out of Newfoundland.”

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Fortis President and CEO Barry Perry is pictured at Fortis Inc.’s headquarters, in St. John’s, N.L., on Thursday.

He’ll ring in the opening bell Tuesday at the New York Stock Exchange.

If anything, he believes the company should play a greater role in the province through its utility Newfoundland Power.

“There’s going to be a need for investment in transmission, investment in backup generation,” Perry said. “We’d like to be considered to be a part of that.”

He said he often thinks of Marshall, who came out of retirement last spring to become head of Crown corporation Nalcor Energy and chief fixer of the troubled Muskrat Falls hydro project in Labrador.

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China’s billionaires club of entrepreneurs Flurry of activity embarks on cross-Canada tour prior to change

in mortgage rates

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A group of powerful Chinese business leaders set off on an eight-day Canadian tour Sunday that will connect them with Canada’s corporate and political elite, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

This will be the first visit to Canada by the exclusive China Entrepreneur Club — often referred to as the billionaires club. It’s made up of 50 top Chinese firms that earn a combined $585 billion of annual gross income.

The group’s swing across Canada comes as the bilateral relationship steams ahead at an increasing rate, with help from a Trudeau government that has shown more openness to the Asian superpower.

The tour will take place only a few weeks after an exchange of high-level official visits — Trudeau’s recent trip to China which was followed by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s stay in Canada.

During those meetings, Trudeau promoted his government’s goal of broadening Canada’s economic links with the Asian superpower. He made commitments that included the launch of exploratory talks on free trade with the world’s second-biggest economy.

At the same time, Trudeau brought up Canada’s concerns with Chinese leaders about their government’s approach to human rights, rule of law, governance and corruption.

The China Entrepreneur Club is now hoping to deepen ties with Canada even further. Canada’s relationship with its second-largest trading partner was considered inconsistent under the previous Conservative government.

Maggie Cheng, the club’s secretary-general, said the visit comes at a time of growing opportunities for both countries.

“We have a large population and we are in a very long process of urbanization. And the consumer market is growing as well, and it will grow for a very long time,” Cheng said in a phone interview through an interpreter.

“I think the private companies in China have now grown into a (size) that can use a larger resource partner to further improve the Chinese market.”

China is increasingly interested in Canada’s agriculture, energy and fisheries industries, she said.

Cheng also believes the recent visit by the youthful Trudeau caught the attention of China’s younger generation, which she says is a large market with considerable buying power.

Canada’s business community is set to roll out a

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, introduces Chinese Premier Li Keqiang after speaking to a business luncheon, last month in Montreal. A group of powerful Chinese business leaders set off on an eight-day Canadian tour yesterday that will connect them with Canada’s corporate and political elite, including Trudeau. red carpet for the visiting club members, according to a program of the visit prepared by the group.

During stops in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, the delegation will have audiences with a who’s who of Canadian leaders, in addition to Trudeau.

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TORONTO — Canadian mortgage brokers say they’re seeing a flurry of borrowers trying to preempt new federal rules that take effect Monday that will reduce the purchasing power of some first-time homebuyers.

“It’s crazy today,” Matthew McKillen, a Toronto-based broker with Mortgage Architects, said Friday.

“The national loan origination software that we use to submit mortgages to our lender partners was down for a period of time due to the increased activity.”

McKillen estimates that he was 30 to 40 per cent busier this week than during a normal week.

“Our lending partners are extremely busy. Most brokers that I know are extremely busy.”

Beginning Monday, all insured mortgage applications will be subject to a stress test to ensure that the borrower will still be able to service their loan in the event their situation changes or interest rates rise. Previously, stress tests were not required for fixed-rate mortgages longer than five years.

The federal government said it introduced the change in an attempt to stabilize the country’s housing markets, particularly in cities such as Toronto and Vancouver where prices have soared and concerns have arisen that borrowers are stretched too thin.

Gregory Klump, the chief economist of the Canadian Real Estate Association, said that although the changes apply nationally, they will have the biggest impact on markets where there is a shortage of supply, particularly in the lower price range.

In more balanced markets, people whose purchasing power is reduced can simply buy cheaper homes, he said. But in Toronto and Vancouver, there may not be any homes available at a lower price point, leaving those potential buyers priced out of the market.

Rob McLister, the founder of RateSpy.com, says the brokers he talks to are reporting anywhere from a 35 to 150 per cent boost in business ahead of the new rules.

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Small, medium sizes businesses view CPP changes differently TALBOT BOGGS MONEYWISE Canada’s small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have a slightly different view from government about the recently-announced proposed changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

A survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has found that the majority of SMEs across Canada believe the increases in CPP, which provincial finance ministers characterized as modest, are not modest and will make it more difficult for them to grow their businesses and cope with other increases in taxes and costs.

“Try growing a business and creating jobs in a tough economy with the constant threat of carbon taxes, minimum wage hikes and other new costs, then add seven straight years of CPP increases,” says Dan Kelly, CFIB president.

“A full 80 per cent of small business owners say that increases in CPP contributions will make it

much more difficult for them to cope with other tax increases and increased costs.”

The CFIB believes the CPP expansion will be doubly damaging for many employers and their employees because it not only increases the rate of contributions but it also raises the threshold on income that was previously exempted from contributions.

Starting in 2019, employer and employee premiums will increase from the current 4.95 per cent of earnings to 5.95 per cent in 2023.

Under the new plan CPP contributions will be deducted on income up to a threshold of $82,700. Previously the threshold was a maximum of $54,900 of a person’s income that was subject to mandatory CPP contributions.

The new plan aims to replace 33 per cent of workers’ income up to the higher ceiling, up from 25 per cent of earnings under the current plan.

SMEs play a vital role in the Canadian economy.

Roughly 15 per cent of Canadians, for example, are self-employed and one in three people in the country own or work in a small business. Mid-size and large private enterprises account for almost half of total employment in the country.

The CFIB survey showed overwhelming support by entrepreneurs for pubic consultations on the CPP changes and the opportunity to have their views

heard on the matter.

“We commend the British Columbia government for joining Quebec in consulting with the public prior to finalizing any plan to raise CPP premiums,” Kelly says.

“After all, the 2016 federal budget promised to launch consultations to give Canadians an opportunity to share their views on enhancing the CPP.” The CFIB says a recent public opinion poll and its member survey found that expansion of the CPP is not the favoured choice of Canadians for retirement savings.

If given a choice, small business owners and employees would prefer Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) and personal investments for their retirement over mandated CPP increases.

Over one third of employed Canadians believe the increases will reduce their ability to spend on essential goods and services and two thirds of small business owners say they will face increased pressure to freeze or cut workers’ salaries.

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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Ontario eyes new rules for bottled water firms GOVERNMENT WANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE RULES AROUND WATER TAKING PERMITS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ontario is proposing a two-year hold on the creation or expansion of bottled water plants as the government moves to strengthen the rules around water taking permits.

The Canadian Press has learned the province plans to impose stricter scientific requirements for water taking permits such as studies on the cumulative impact of the practice on local supplies, especially during droughts.

A source familiar with the announcement says the Liberals also want more public transparency, and will mandate that companies create websites listing information about their water taking permits and showing the actual amounts taken every week.

However, there will not be any immediate increase in the $3.71 the province charges for every one million litres of water taken, which the source says the government is still reviewing.

The Liberals want to address issues around water taking as they relate to their fight against climate change, which experts believe is leading to more severe weather conditions, including droughts. And they believe the changes being proposed will help address the public’s concerns about safe and secure supplies of drinking water.

The province wants to make it mandatory for bottled water companies to reduce water takings during droughts like the one experienced this year in Wellington county, 100 kilometres west of Toronto.

Nestle voluntarily reduced the amount of water it takes from its wells in the region this year when the Level 2 drought forced local residents to restrict water use on lawns and for washing cars.

The government will post its proposed changes for water taking permits on the Environmental Bill of Rights Registry Monday for 45 days of public comment.

The proposal to pause any new bottling operations in Ontario means Nestle would not be allowed to apply for a permit at a new well it purchased in Centre Wellington that the township had wanted for its drinking water.

Mayor Kelly Linton said last week that Nestle did nothing wrong because it followed the existing rules, which he called on the province to change so municipalities get a better chance at securing a safe drinking water supply than a bottling company.

Nestle would still be able to renew its permits to

Business BRIEFS

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Nestle’s directors speak in front of the Nestle’s logo during the general meeting of the world’s biggest food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland, earlier this spring. Ontario is looking at new rules regarding bottled water, which is expected to have an impact on Nestle. take up to 3.6 million litres of water a day from its well in Aberfoyle, where it has a bottling plant, and another 1.1 million litres a day at a well in nearby Erin, another community in Wellington county.

Premier Kathleen Wynne ordered a review of the province’s water taking permits to be completed this fall, and said she wants new rules just for bottled water companies.

“Water bottling is a different kind of industry and we need to treat it differently, Wynne said earlier this month.

In addition to the $3.71 per million litres, Ontario charges companies a permit fee of $750 for low- or

medium-risk water takings, or $3,000 for those considered a high risk to cause an adverse environmental impact.

Ontario’s environmental commissioner says 30 per cent of the water taking permits are in the highest risk category.

British Columbia charges $2.50 for every million litres, while Quebec charges $70.

Municipalities, mines, construction companies and golf courses — in addition to the water-bottling companies — are allowed to take a total of 1.4 trillion litres out of Ontario’s surface and ground water supplies every day.

The ministry’s website said foreign companies should submit their applications by Nov. 19, and the successful companies would be announced Dec. 7.

With production of more than 3.5 million barrel of crude per day, the OPEC producer hopes to attract foreign investment and technology after years of isolation.

she would “make sure” that Scots get another chance to choose a better future.

The pro-independence Sturgeon had said Thursday that her government would shortly publish a bill laying the groundwork for a new independence referendum — the first step toward a new vote on whether Scotland should leave the U.K. An earlier referendum in 2014 ended with Scottish voters opting to remain part of the United Kingdom.

Sturgeon says the UK that existed in 2014 will no longer be in existence if there is a so-called “hard Brexit” departure — one that severs economic ties to Europe’s markets and leads to a lowering of living standards and unemployment in Scotland.

She pointed out that Scottish voters had indicated a strong desire to remain in the EU in the June 23 referendum.

They were joined in that view by residents of London and Northern Ireland, but a majority of British voters cast ballots in favour of leaving the 28-nation bloc.

Iran to invite foreign companies to bidding on oil and gas

Sturgeon warns of possible Scottish independence referendum

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s oil ministry website says the country will invite foreign companies on Monday to bid for oil and gas projects in Iran.

The Sunday report by Shana.ir did not say how many projects would be involved.

It will be the first time Iran offers an international tender for oil and gas projects since a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers went into effect in January.

LONDON — Scotland’s leader has again warned that a second referendum on Scottish independence is likely if British leaders pursue a radical break with the European Union.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon closed the Scottish National Party conference in Glasgow on Saturday with a vow to take action to keep Scotland inside the EU’s enormous single market even if Britain leaves.

She said if the British government rejects those efforts and takes steps to hurt Scotland’s economy

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FORTIS: Trying to sort out a ‘boondoogle’ With costs including financing now estimated at $11.4 billion — up from $7.4 billion four years ago — Marshall has agreed it’s so far a “boondoggle” that he’ll try to sort out before first power flows in 2019.

He has described it as an oversized venture that relied on perpetually high oil prices which have since crashed.

Perry believes Muskrat Falls illustrates a failure to balance the accelerating shift toward renewable, cleaner energy sources with affordability.

“The impact on power rates is going to be very dramatic,” he said. “We always have to be aware that customers pay the bills.”

As for the future, Perry said he believes Fortis will have more acquisition opportunities in the U.S. when the time is right.

Glenn Rowe, associate professor of strategic management with the Ivey Business School at Western University, said Fortis has done particularly well by shareholders for a regulated entity.

The company’s website says it has increased dividend payments to common shareholders in each of the last 42 years, “longer than any other Canadian public corporation.”

Rowe said Fortis also subscribes to a wise business acquisition model.

“Their goal is to let each business have autonomy in running itself and not to interfere with that unless, of course, there are major issues.”

As for the ringing of the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange: “It’s kind of cool that a company headquartered in Newfoundland gets to do that,” Rowe said.

For Perry, a self-described “bayman” from the fishing town of New-Wes-Valley on Bonavista Bay, there’s nowhere else he’d rather be.

“It’s a pretty amazing story,” he said of Fortis and how it expanded under Marshall’s guidance far beyond provincial borders. “There has to be some connection to our success about being here.

“I think, fundamentally, it’s the culture of Newfoundland. It’s the strength of our character, integrity, all these things.”

MORTGAGE: ’Folks getting off the bench and acting’ “Clearly, consumers are reading the headlines about how this is going to reduce their purchasing power, and a lot of the folks are getting off the bench and acting,” he says.

“Most of the people are buyers that already planned to buy.”

Steve Pipkey of Spin Mortgage says his sense is that the rush of borrowers is more of a phenomenon in Toronto than in Vancouver. That’s because the market in Vancouver has started to run out of steam, he says.

“The government made the time frame from announcement to implementation very tight, which is really what prevented more of a rush of buyers,” Pipkey said in an email.

CHINA: List is a who’s who in Canadian business The list includes chief executives of some of Canada’s biggest banks as well as former prime minister Jean Chretien, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, Andre Desmarais of Power Corp.(TSX:POW), Alain Bellemare of Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B), Cirque du Soleil’s Daniel Lamarre, Mark Machin of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz.

In September, Trudeau kicked off his first official trip to China by appearing at a Beijing event hosted by the club. Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba and the club’s chair, led a question-and-answer session with Trudeau.

Ma will not join the Chinese delegation on its cross-Canada trip.

But the tour will include a dozen club members, including president Ma Weihua, Tsinghua Holdings Co. chair Xu Jinghong, Far East Holding Group Co. chair Jiang Xipei and Central China Real Estate Ltd. chair Frank Wu. Delegations from the club have already visited the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Singapore, Australia, Germany and Italy.

Sarah Kutulakos, executive director of the Canada China Business Council, hopes the visit will show Canadians who may have suspicions about Chinese companies that these entrepreneurs are similar to others around the world.

She said in an interview that there were strict criteria to join the club and firms had to meet a certain standard in several areas, including corporate social responsibility and philanthropy.

The visit will not only widen channels for business opportunities it’s also expected to provide learning experiences for both sides, Kutulakos said.

“They’re really the vanguard of where the Chinese economy is going,” said Kutulakos.

But one expert in Canada’s ties to China said there are likely deep links between many of these entrepreneurs and the Chinese leadership.

“In China, it’s really very difficult to achieve great wealth unless you have a strongly collaborative, mutually beneficial relationship with the Chinese Communist Party’s decision makers,” said Charles Burton, a former diplomat who is now a political scientist at Brock University.

Burton said the club may try to create a subtle lobby within Canada that encourages Canadian business leaders to press their government to make economics the priority in the relationship, rather than concerns over sensitive issues like human rights and cyber security.

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Smashing debut for Kings, Queens MEN’S AND WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAMS EMERGE WITH FIVE-SET VICTORIES

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Kings 3 Trojans 2 With the raising of the CCAA championship banner Saturday it was a day to celebrate for the RDC volleyball Kings.

But the SAIT Trojans tried to ruin it, forcing the match to a fifth set before the Kings pulled out a 25-10, 25-27, 24-26, 25-18, 15-6 Alberta Colleges Men’s Volleyball League victory before a full house at RDC. “It felt similar to yesterday (Friday) in that they came out half a sleep in the first set and then we seemed surprised that they were a better team than we though,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha, whose team won 25-14, 26-24, 25-23 over the Trojans at SAIT Friday.

“They’re a good team and their new coach (Sean McKay) does a good job of energizing them at the right time. They’re going to feed off that and will be a tough team down the road … they already are.”

The Kings had trouble handling the Trojans second-year outside hitters — Trent Mounter and Russell Gruising, who finished with 19 and 17 kills, respectively.

“We talked early in the match about getting out on them, but we didn’t make that adjustment until later,” explained Schulha. “Once we started letting their middles go one-on-one and paying more attention to their outside hitters we did a better job.”

Kings setter Luke Brisbane also started using his middles more and Regan Fathers, who is playing the right side for the first time this season, started to take over the match.

“Regan was still making a few mistakes, but as the match wore on he started to take over, which was nice to see,” said Schulha.

Fathers finished with 20 kills, nine digs, two blocks and six aces. Two of his aces came late in the fifth set to help put the match away.

Despite going the distance, Schulha wasn’t disappointed.

“It was nice to see that kind of battle with a big crowd. It was like a playoff match the first weekend of the season,” he said. ‘That will only help us going forward. You need that competition.”

Middle Adam Turlejski added nine kills and three blocks, while Brain Grenier had six kills, nine digs and two aces, and Daimyn Bilestsky five kills.

Brisbane had 42 assists.

Queens 3 Trojans 2 The Queens dominated the first two sets, winning 25-17, 25-13, then sat back and almost blew it. The Trojans won 25-18, 27-25 and were ahead 11-7 in the fifth set before the Queens regained their momentum.

“We’re been struggling between sets this season and we seemed to get over that in the first two,” said Queens head coach Chris Wandler. “But then after the second set we got back on our heals.”

The Trojans also did a better job of spreading their offence around.

“They made our job more difficult on defence,” said Wandler. “We didn’t show enough defensive grit like we did in the second set. In that set we dug ev-

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Red Deer College Queen Megan Schmidt blocks a shot by SAIT Trojan Samantha Overwater during the opening game of a match at Red Deer College on Saturday. erything and took the life out of them.”

The fifth set saw the Queens pick up the pace defensively and Jessica Jones helped put the game away with some tough serves, which included two aces.

“Jessica looked like she lost her legs a bit in that fourth set so we gave her break, and she came back in the fifth and her spin serve was a key,” said Wandler, who also used both setters — Ashley Fehr and Chanelle Kayser, who transferred in from SAIT this year.

“Ashley did a great job, but because of our passing she had to run all over the court and wore out a bit. We were able to bring Chanelle in and that’s the benefit of having two fourth-year setters. We never lost a beat.”

The Queens are without star right side McKenna

Barthel, who broke her finger and will be out until after Christmas. Rookie Brittney Davis stepped in and finished with seven kills, two aces, nine digs and two blocks.

“McKenna is a big loss, but Brittney did what we needed from her,” said Wandler.

Miranda Dawe finished with 12 kills. four aces, 15 digs and a block while Jones had 11 kills, three aces, six digs and two blocks and Megan Schmidt 11 kills, two aces and player of the game libero Lauren Marchall had 23 digs. Fehr had 35 assists and Kayser seven.

The RDC teams return home Oct. 28-29 against Medicine Hat. Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com, His work can also be seen at Danny’s blog at rdcathletics.ca.

Rebels score overtime win against the Ice

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Rebels 2 Ice 1 (OT) CRANBROOK, B.C. — If there was anything wrong with the Red Deer Rebels’ game against the Kootenay Ice was that they were trying to be to perfect.

“We played very well, we generated a lot and overall is was a good team effort,” said Rebels GM/ head coach Brent Sutter, following a 2-1 overtime Western Hockey League victory over the Ice Saturday.

“At the same time if there was anything we can be criticized on it was that at times we tried to be too pretty. We’d have an opportunity on goal and try to make the perfect play and pass up a good shot.

“Still our puck possession was good.”

The Rebels finished with 37 shots on goal, compared to 21 for the Ice. The first period saw the Rebels control the play, but only held an 8-7 edge

in shots. They outshot their hosts 13-8 in the second period and 12-3 in the third and if not for goaltender Payton Lee would have never needed overtime.

“He played well and kept them in it,” said Sutter, who also praised his netminder, Riley Lamb.

“Lamber responded well after not having his best game on Friday (a 6-4 win over Moose Jaw at the Centrium). That was a positive sign. I wanted to see how he would react playing the next day after not playing his best. He was solid. It was the second straight weekend he responded the second game after a tough game.”

Evan Polei put the Rebels on the board at 5:50 of the second period with Keenan Tapborn tying it at 9:58.

Veteran blueliner Colton Bobyk, who has one of the best shots in the WHL, scored the winner with a bullet from the right point at 4:43 of the five-minute extra period.

“He definitely has one of the best shots in the league,” said Sutter. “We need him to be one of our

leaders, not only providing some offence, but leading on the defence and playing the right way.”

At times last season Bobyk would spent too much time in the penalty box. No so this season.

“He’s shown a lot more maturity,” said Sutter.

“That’s what we need from him. He has to lead us on the back end and to control his emotions.”

Sutter indicated he was also pleased with the Rebels’ special teams, going one-for-four on the power play and killing off all six penalties.

The win leaves the Rebels with a 5-3-1-1 record, the same as the Lethbridge Hurricanes, one point back of the Medicine Hat Tigers, 6-3-1-0.

The Rebels host the Calgary Hitmen Friday and the Prince Albert Raiders Saturday. Both games are at 7 p.m. at the Centrium.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@redeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at Danny’s blog at rdcathletics.ca

Sabres rattle the Oilers thanks to red-hot O’Reilly

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sabres 6 Oilers 2 EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Ryan O’Reilly made Kyle Okposo’s first game with the Sabres a memorable one.

O’Reilly had two goals and two assists and Buffalo pounded the Edmonton Oilers 6-2 on Sunday night for their first victory of the season.

O’Reilly’s four-point effort came alongside new linemate Okposo, a free agent signing who played his first game after missing Buffalo’s opener with a sore knee. “(O’Reilly) might not get as much recognition as he should, but he’s such a heady player,” said Okposo, who had a goal and an assist in his Sabres debut.

“He’s such a smart player, you can see it when you play against him and just playing with him, he makes so many little plays, never puts you in a bad spot, he’s an easy guy to play with.”

O’Reilly said he also felt very comfortable playing with Okposo.

“He’s huge, a big reason why we won tonight,” he said. “That was my first time getting to play with him, obviously I enjoy it. He does so much out there, he plays such a strong game and to impact the lineup like he did tonight was huge and that’s what we

‘HE’S SUCH A SMART PLAYER, YOU CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU PLAY AGAINST HIM AND JUST PLAYING WITH HIM, HE MAKES SO MANY LITTLE PLAYS, NEVER PUTS YOU IN A BAD SPOT, HE’S AN EASY GUY TO PLAY WITH.’ - BUFFALO SABRES’ KYLE OKPOSO ON THE PLAY OF RYAN O’REILLY need.”

Brian Gionta also scored twice, and Matt Moulson had Buffalo’s other goal. Robin Lehner made 31 saves.

Benoit Pouliot and Milan Lucic scored for the Oilers, who had won back-to-back games before the loss.

“We looked like the Bad News Bears,” Oilers coach Todd McLellan said.

“We had guys falling all over the place. We didn’t execute. Our passing was poor. From the goaltender to the blue line to the forwards, nobody was ready to play.”

Cam Talbot stopped 17 shots for Edmonton. Jonas Gustavsson relieved Talbot in the second period and stopped the only shot he faced before exiting with an injury about 10 minutes later.

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Buffalo started the scoring 2:37 into the first period when Sam Reinhart made a nice feed across to Okposo and he beat Talbot for his first as a Sabre.

The Sabres went up 2-0 7:14 in. Okoposo made a great pass while on the power play to O’Reilly at the back door.

Edmonton got one back with 2:40 left in the opening frame when the rebound from Zack Kassian’s shot went off the leg of a hard-charging Pouliot and past Lehner.

The Oilers tied the game with 1:00 left in the period when the big rebound from Leon Draisaitl’s shot came out to Lucic, who scored his first goal as an Oiler and the 400th point of his career.

Buffalo got a freebie 3:53 into the second when O’Reilly took a shot just from Buffalo’s side of center that Talbot badly misjudged and ended up tipping into his own net.

The Sabres restored their two-goal lead midway through the second when Gionta tipped in Johan Larsson’s point shot, prompting Edmonton to bring in Gustavsson.

With Talbot back in net, the Sabres made it 5-2 just 37 seconds into the third. Gionta tucked a shot between Talbot’s legs on Buffalo’s 16th shot of the game.

The Sabres kept it coming with Moulson’s power-play goal four minutes later.

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SPORTS

Monday, Oct. 17, 2016

Stroman gets the nod for the third game

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Major Midget Chiefs’ win winds up solid weekend

TORONTO — Marcus Stroman has always relished pitching in high pressure situations. The Blue Jays starter will get a chance to do exactly that in Game 3 of the American League Championship series.

The stakes will be high for Stroman on Monday.

Toronto is trailing the Indians 2-0 in the best-of-seven series, and Stroman may find run support hard to come by. The Blue Jays’ mighty offence managed just one run over the first two games in Cleveland.

That’s fine with Stroman, the five-foot-eight righthander who’s never short on confidence.

“I think that’s why you play the game,” said Stroman, clad in a camo-print cap and a black T-shirt from Toronto rapper Drake’s OVO clothing line.

“I think that’s why you get up at 6 a.m. to work out, that’s why you do two a days, to be in this moment, to be in this time.

“It just excites me, walking out there in front of the home crowd, hearing them, just kind of gives me a lot more enthusiasm and confidence kind of going into it.”

Stroman, in his first full season in the majors, is already no stranger to these types of situations.

He was called upon to start the deciding Game 5 of last year’s AL Division Series against the Texas Rangers, a 6-3 win punctuated by Jose Bautista’s emphatic bat flip that sent Toronto into the ALCS against Kansas City.

He also pitched Game 3 of last year’s ALCS, earning the Blue Jays a much-needed win to avoid going down 0-3 in the series.

“We talked earlier about (Marco) Estrada pitching big games for us last year. And Stro’s done the same thing,” manager John Gibbons said. “He missed all last year. You guys know the story, came back, final month, pitched some big games to get us in there.

“In the playoffs he stepped up. And he’s one guy, he kind of thrives on those things. He’s made a few of those starts in his young career, but he seems to thrive on them.”

Stroman last pitched for Toronto in the AL wild card game against Baltimore on Oct. 4, giving up just two runs on four hits with six strikeouts over six innings in the Blue Jays’ 5-2 extra-innings walkoff over the Orioles.

With a three-game sweep of Texas in the AL Division Series, Stroman wasn’t needed until now. He doesn’t expect the 13 days off to be an issue on Monday, though.

“Doesn’t change my mindset at all. It’s the play-

Major Midget The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs downed Fort Saskatchewan 4-2 at the Kinex Sunday after tying the visiting Edmonton Gregg Distributors 3-3 Saturday.

Hayden Clayton had two goals and Kyle Budvarson and Adam Sandstrom one each against Fort Saskatchewan with Levi Mitchell making 23 saves.

Justin Paarup and Levi Glasman had goal and two assists and Clayton a goal and one helper on Sunday.

Justin Travis made 21 saves.

Midget AAA Girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs split a pair of games in the Alberta Female Hockey League during the weekend, downing the Rocky Mountain Raiders 4-0 Saturday and losing 2-1 to the Calgary Fire Sunday.

Brandy Steinman had two second period goals for the Chiefs against the Raiders with Faith Gette and Celine Chailler adding single markers.

Camille Scherger made 33 saves for the shutout.

On Sunday, Kaley Mueller opened the scoring for Red Deer, who trailed 2-1 after the first period.

Chantelle Sandquist made 19 saves.

Midget Elite Girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs downed the Calgary Fire Red 3-1 Saturday.

Danica Polson had two goals and Kelli-Rea Sieben one. Rebecca Bridge made 15 saves.

Minor Midget The Red Deer TBS Chiefs got a goal from Sawyer Senio at 16:17 of the third period to earn a 5-5 tie with the Calgary Blue Saturday.

Tye Carriere had two goals and Payton Wright and Isaac Lee one each for the Chiefs. Bretton Park made 36 saves in goal.

Major Bantam The Red Deer Rebels earned three of a possible four points during the weekend.

The Rebels downed Lloydminster 4-1 on the road Saturday and battled the visiting Calgary Bisons to a 3-3 tie Sunday.

Kaleb Kremp scored the tying goal at 19:17 of the third period Sunday.

Ronan Seeley had a goal and two assists and Kyle Wallace a single goal. Caleb Trotter made 25 saves.

On Saturday, Wallace, Konnor Green, Brett Meerman and Alex Litster scored once each for the Rebels. Carter Vooys made 27 saves.

Sports BRIEFS Kings impressive in men’s soccer league action The RDC Kings turned in an impressive performance in a pair of ACAC Men’s Soccer League games on the road during the weekend.

The Kings whipped the Lethbridge Kodiaks (2-7-0) 5-1 Saturday, then tied the Medicine Hat Rattlers (51-3) 1-1 on Sunday.

Jerson Paez, Bruno Damian, Masoum Zaler, Mark Ibbotson and Fernando Morales scored against Lethbridge while Theoren Gill connected against MHC. The Kings sit with a 3-4-1 record in the ACAC’s South Division and are eight points back of the SAIT Trojans for third place with only two games remaining.

Meanwhile, the injury plagued RDC Queens lost 2-1 to Lethbridge and 4-1 to Medicine Hat. Kristen Strand scored both RDC goals.

The Queens had only two players on the bench Sunday because of injuries. In fact both goalies were out, forcing midfielder Kaitlin D’Arcy, who is one of the teams top offensive players, to play in goal.

D’Arcy turned in a strong performance, with nine saves.

The Queens are third in the South with a 3-2-3 record. They sit only two points up on Olds, 3-4-1, for the third and final playoff spot. The two teams meet Sunday at noon at RDC. RDC also faces SAIT Saturday with the women kicking off at noon, followed by the men.

RDC Kings score overtime win against the Eagles in men’s hockey Kings 3 Eagles 2 (OT) PENHOLD — The RDC Kings needed overtime to edge the Innisfail Eagles 3-2 in exhibition hockey action at the Penhold Regional Multiplex Saturday.

Innisfail native Riley Simpson scored the winning goal at 4:10 of overtime.

RDC’s Dylan Thudium and the Eagles’ Pete Vandermeer exchanged first period goals with Zak Hicks connecting for the Kings in the second period.

Brody Gaudet tied the game for the Eagles at 18:19 of the third period.

Dan Dunn finished with 32 saves in goal for the Eagles, who took seven of 11 minor penalties.

Troy Trombley started in goal for the Kings and made nine saves,. allowing one goal, before giving way to Mike Salmon at 9:09 of the second period,.

Salmond finished with 12 saves.

The Kings return to ACAC action on Friday when

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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Marcus Stroman, seen here in the wild card game against the Baltimore Orioles, has been given the nod for the third game against the Cleveland Indians. The Blue Jays trail 2-0 in the series. offs. I think that kind of takes care of itself.” Stroman said. “I’ll be locked in regardless of how many days it is in between starts.

Please see BLUE JAYS on Page B3 they host the SAIT Trojans at 7 p.m.

The Chinook Hockey League Eagles face the Stony Plain Eagles Friday at 8 p.m. in Innisfail.

RDC Queens cross-country team runs away with Grand Prix title CAMORSE — The RDC Queens cross-country team continued to impress as the ACAC Grand Prix season came to an end Saturday.

The RDC team finished first overall, led by four runners in the top 10.

Jordanna Cota, who is having an exceptional season, placed second among college runners in a time of 22 minutes, six seconds over the slippery and snow covered five-kilometre course.

Amy Severtson, who has been ill of late, turned in a strong performance, finishing fourth. Jill Stewart was fifth and Janaya Garbe 10th.

On the men’s side, the Kings finished fourth in the team standings, led by Nolan Dyck, who was 14th at 32:41 in the 8km run. Corey DeRaadt was 17th.

RDC head coach Kari Elliott was impressed with her team considering the poor conditions.

“Everyone ran slower because of the slick conditions, but they did very well.”

The RDC team will now compete in the ACAC finals, Oct. 29 in Grande Prairie.

Red Deer Fencing Club claims 10 medals against an international field The Red Deer Fencing Club captured 10 medals against an international field at the annual Red Deer Hokkaido Cup during the weekend.

Lameron Lamont won four medals, taking silver in the U15 and U17 mixed epee and the women’s epee and bronze in the U10 mixed epee.

Karren Lyver captured gold in the veteran’s epee and bronze in the women’s epee while Michele Ostrikoff and Robert Fostrom both won bronze in the veteran epee events.

William Langile took third in the U15 mixed epee and Nicholas Hunter third in the U17 mixed epee.

Overall there were 50 competitors from across Canada and two from Hong Kong.

Sting sweep pair of weekend games The Central Alberta Sting U19AA ringette team won a pair of weekend games, downing the University of Alberta Pandas 9-8 in Leduc on Saturday and stopping the Sting Open team 11-7 at home Sunday.

Shae-Lyn Baxter, Mckenna Causey and Sydney Cherniak had two goals each against the Pandas with singles added by Brianna Abell, Melissa Misutka and Hailee Pluister.

Emily LeMasurier notched a hat trick against the Open team with Baxter, MacKenzie Lindholm and Makenna Tonery added two goals each.

Brianna Abell and Brenna Parent rounded out the scoring.

Rebecca Forrester and Baylee Schulhauser split the goaltending duties.

The Sting has a doubleheader next Sunday at home against the Calgary U19AA team at 11:30 a.m. at the Penhold Regional Multiplex and against the Zone 5 Open A team at 3:45 p.m. at the Kin City B Arena. ● Meanwhile the U16AA Sting opened their regular schedule at home with an 8-4 victory over the Edmonton Elite.

Carly Cherniak and Megan Grubb had two goals each with singles added by Ashlin Caine, Alexa Knight, Madison Pluister and Colby Wagar. McKenna Smalley was solid in the goal for the Sting.

Sting’s next action is Saturday at Sherwood Park.

Olds Grizzlys lose a tight game to Camrose Kodiaks Kodiaks 4 Grizzlys 3 OLDS — The Olds Grizzlys dropped a 4-3 decision to the Camrose Kodiaks in Alberta Junior Hockey League play before 587 fans at the Olds Sportsplex Saturday.

Chase Olsen and Owen Guenter gave the Grizzlys a 2-1 first-period lead only to see the Kodiaks score twice in the second period.

James Gaume had the third Olds goal.

Jack Thomas, Cooper Johnson, Eddie May and Alex Mowbray scored for the Kodiaks.

Patrick Gora made 35 saves for Camrose while Andrew Henderson stopped 31 shots for Olds.

The Grizzlys return to action Tuesday when they host the Calgary Mustangs at 7 p.m.

Hunting Hills Lightning shuts out Lindsay Thurber Raiders Zac Sanderson and Luc Lukula had three touchdowns each as the Hunting Hills Lightning downed the Lindsay Thurber Raiders 67-0 in bantam football League play Saturday.

Riley Dibbon, Tyler Clarkson and Joel DeMale added single majors while Brendan Boyle had five two-point converts. Kyle Rees added a two-point convert and Lucas Fairbrother a one-point convert.

Lacombe Generals begin defence of national title with wins over Rosetown ROSETOWN, Sask. — The defending national champion Lacombe Generals opened their Chinook Hockey League regular season with a pair of victories over the league’s newest addition, the Rosetown Redwings.

The Generals won 5-2 Saturday and got an overtime goal from Doug Jessey for a 5-4 victory Sunday.

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Steele rallies to win PGA Tour season opener at Safeway Open

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAPA, Calif. — Right when Brendan Steele thought he might have a chance to win at Silverado, all he could think about was how he lost.

A year ago, Steele had a 54-hole lead in the PGA Tour’s season opener when he made a sloppy bogey on the 12th hole, shot 40 on the back nine and threw it away. He was two shots behind on Sunday in the Safeway Open with little room for error when he three-putted No. 12 for bogey and figured he was done.

“I thought that was it for me,” Steele said. “I thought I would have to do something special. Last year, I tried not to make mistakes.”

This time, he made birdies.

Steele overcame a four-shot deficit in the final round, closed with three straight birdies on rainsoaked Silverado for a 7-under 65 and won by one shot over a faltering Patton Kizzire.

It was Steele’s first victory in 141 starts on the PGA Tour dating to his rookie season when he won the Texas Open.

“This is a little bit of redemption from last year,”

‘I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL. LAST YEAR, I TRIED NOT TO MAKE MISTAKES.’ - BRANDAN STEELE Steele said. “It’s nice to close it off this way.”

It was a tough ending for Kizzire, who had a oneshot lead going into the final round and looked like a winner when he stuffed his tee shot into 2 feet for birdie on the 11th hole for a two-shot lead.

He struggled to hit fairways the rest of the way, and while he dropped only one shot on the 12th, he couldn’t keep Steele from gaining ground.

Steele hit 2-iron onto the green at the par-5 16th for a two-putt birdie.

His 18-foot birdie putt on the 17th curled in the left side of the cup.

And then he hit wedge into the par-5 18th and poured in a 7-foot birdie putt.

“You’ve got to really make something happen, especially when the conditions are soft,” Steele said.

“I wanted to be aggressive and I didn’t want to just

kind of coast in and just make sure that I had a decent week.”

He had a great week, which sends him back to the Masters for the first time since 2012.

Kizzire drove left into the base of trees on the par5 16th and had to chip out sideways, eventually making a 15-foot par save from the bunker.

With a wedge on the 17th, he left it short and watched it spin back off the green, forcing him to save par again.

His final chance was to birdie the final hole and force a playoff. He drove left again, had to lay up and then missed the green with a 9-iron and failed to chip in. Kizzire closed with a 70.

“It was intense,” Kizzire said. “I didn’t finish it off. I’m really disappointed, but I played well. It’s a building block, for sure.”

Johnson Wagner stayed close the entire back nine but had to settle for pars over the final eight holes.

He closed with a 70 and tied for third with Paul Casey (69), former Cal star Michael Kim (67) and Scott Piercy (70).

Mackenzie Hughes, from Dundas, Ont., finished tied for 13th with a 13-under 275. The Canadian shot a 68 in his final round.

SPORTS

Monday, Oct. 17, 2016

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Saints win off a 52-yard field goal with 11 seconds left

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAINTS 41 PANTHERS 38 NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees passed for 465 yards and four touchdowns, Wil Lutz kicked a 52-yard field goal with 11 seconds left, and the New Orleans Saints pulled out a 41-38 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

With his 15th 400-yard game, Brees broke a tie with Peyton Manning for the most in the regular season.

Brees also led the Saints (2-3) to a second straight victory while Carolina lost its fourth straight despite the return of quarterback Cam Newton, who missed last week’s loss to Tampa Bay because of a concussion.

Newton passed for 322 yards and two touchdowns.

He also ran for a 2-yard score and threw a 2-point conversion to Devin Funchess that tied the game at 38 with 2:58 left, and completed a comeback from an early 21-0 deficit.

However, he was also intercepted by Sterling Moore in the back of the end zone, stalling a promising drive in the first half — a turnover that came back to haunt the defending NFC champions, now 1-5.

COWBOYS 30, PACKERS 16 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Rookie Dak Prescott threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns, and the Cowboys forced four turnovers.

Prescott was 18 of 27, shaking off two fumbles and an interception — the first of his career — to lead the Cowboys (5-1) to their fifth straight win. He showed poise in the fourth quarter while marching the Cowboys on a seven-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Cole Beasley for an 18-point lead.

The score left Packers fans stunned at Lambeau Field.

They were booing at times following another choppy game for the offence. The four turnovers were a season high for Green Bay (3-2).

Even two-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers wasn’t immune from the jeering. Rodgers finished 31 of 42 for a season-high 294 yards.

SEAHAWKS 26, FALCONS 24 SEATTLE (AP) — Steven Hauschka’s 44-yard field goal with 1:57 remaining capped the 20th career fourth quarter or overtime comeback for Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson.

After watching Matt Ryan blitz the Seahawks for 21 third-quarter points, it was Wilson’s turn in the fourth quarter. He led a 70-yarddrive that was capped by Christine Michael’s 1-yard run with 4:47 left, but a blocked extra point by Ra’Shede Hageman still had Seattle trailing 24-23.

Seattle then got a needed big play from its defence.

Ryan’s pass slipped through Julio Jones’ hands, was tipped in the air by Richard Sherman and eventually landed in the arms of Earl Thomas, giving Seattle possession at midfield with 3:48 remaining. It was the first time in the game that Jones was targeted and didn’t make the catch.

Seattle stalled at the Atlanta 26. This time Hauschka was perfect after missing a 29-yard attempt earlier in the fourth quarter, the result of a bad snap.

Ryan was incomplete on his last four throws, including a breakup by Sherman on a long pass to Jones on which the Falcons screamed for a pass interference flag.

CHIEFS 26, RAIDERS 10 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Spencer Ware ran for a career-high 131 yards and a touchdown and Alex Smith picked apart Oakland’s struggling defence.

In their first game since getting blown out by 29 points in Pittsburgh two weeks ago, the Chiefs (3-2) efficiently handled a Raiders team that had overcome defensive shortcomings with a big-play offence to lead the AFC West.

Smith completed 19 of 22 passes for 224 yards, Jamaal Charles and big defensive lineman Dontari Poe each ran for scores, and the Chiefs forced two turnovers by Derek Carr to dampen a fast start to the season by the Raiders (4-2), who are trying to end a 13-year playoff drought.

Marcus Peters set up Ware’s TD run with an early interception of Carr and Dee Ford forced a fumble from Carr in the fourth quarter to end any hopes of a late comeback.

TEXANS 26, COLTS 23, OT HOUSTON (AP) — Nick Novak made a 33-yard field goal in overtime to give Houston a comeback victory over Indianapolis.

Brock Osweiler threw a 36-yard pass to Jaelen Strong to get Houston to the 12 and Novak’s field goal came two plays later. Indianapolis (2-4) got the ball first in overtime, but Benardrick McKinney sacked Andrew Luck on third down to force a punt.

Osweiler shook off a tough start to throw two touchdown passes in less than 2 minutes in the fourth quarter as Houston (4-2) erased a 14-point deficit to tie it at 23 with 54 seconds left. He found Lamar Miller on a 10-yard catch-and-run TD with 2:47 remaining and, after a stop by the defence, connected with C.J. Fiedorowicz on a 26-yarder that tied it.

REDSKINS 27, EAGLES 20 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns and the Redskins ran roughshod over one of the NFL’s top defences.

The three-headed running attack of Matt Jones, Robert Kelley and Chris Thompson combined for 231 yards and a touchdown as the Redskins (4-2) won their fourth consecutive game. After starting the season 0-2, Washington has its best record through six

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BLUE JAYS: Season not as smooth “I feel like I have a very good routine, and I’m able to prepare my body to throw on how many days rest, regardless. I don’t think it’s going to be a factor at all, nor is it an excuse. I feel just as good as if it was my normal five days, so I’ll be ready to go.”

While he’s had success in his limited post-season starts, the 25-yearold’s 2016 regular season didn’t go as smoothly as he hoped.

Stroman ended the year with a 9-10 record and lost five of his last six decisions. The bright side, though, was that he didn’t allow more than four runs in any of those starts and he pitched at least six innings in all but one of them.

Stroman, who saw his earned-run average balloon to 5.33 at the end of June, tweaked his delivery and mechanics halfway through the season to make himself more effective down the stretch.

“Ever since I made that adjustment

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Houston Texans tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz (87) celebrates his touchdown catch against the Indianapolis Colts during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, in Houston. games since 2008, when it went 8-8.

The Redskins put up 493 offensive yards against the Eagles (3-2), who came in allowing an average of 266.8 yards and 12.6 points as the league’s second-best defence. Cousins connected with Jamison Crowder on a 16-yard touchdown and with Vernon Davis on a 13-yarder. Davis started at tight end in place of Jordan Reed, who was out with a concussion. Jones ran for a 1-yard touchdown and sealed the victory with a 57-yard run as part of his 135-yard day.

Malcolm Jenkins intercepted Cousins and returned it 64 yards for a touchdown. Philadelphia also got an 86-yard kickoff return touchdown by Wendell Smallwood.

DOLPHINS 30, STEELERS 15 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger missed one series because of a left knee injury and was held to 189 yards passing.

Jay Ajayi rushed for 204 yards and two scores on 25 carries for the Dolphins (2-4).

The Steelers (4-2) had scored 74 points in their previous two games, but were outgained 474-297.

Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown, the NFL’s leading receiver, was held to four receptions for 39 yards.

Teammate Sammie Coates, playing with a hand injury, didn’t have a catch.

Roethlisberger had only 83 yards passing with 5 minutes left before he drove the Steelers 97 yards for a touchdown. Miami recovered the ensuing onside kick to seal the victory, and on the next play Ajayi scored on a 62-yard run.

BILLS 45, 49ERS 16 ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — LeSean McCoy scored three times and the Bills extended their winning streak to four. McCoy had 140 yards rushing and shook off what appeared to be a frightening injury to his right knee late in the second quarter.

Tyrod Taylor threw two touchdown passes in helping Buffalo (4-2) win four straight for the first time since the start of the 2008 season.

Colin Kaepernick provided the 49ers a spark in his first start in nearly a year. Blaine Gabbert was benched following a 33-21 loss to Arizona, and Kaepernick finished 13 of 29 for 187 yards, including a 53-yard touchdown pass to Torrey Smith. But San Francisco (1-5) couldn’t finish drives, settling for three field goals by Phil Dawson, in losing its fifth straight game.

Kaepernick was the target of numerous boos and chants when he kneeled during the national anthem in continuing his protest against racial oppression and police brutality.

PATRIOTS 35, BENGALS 17 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Playing in his first game in Foxborough since the end of his “Deflategate” suspension, Tom Brady had three touchdown passes and went over 5,000 completions for his career.

Brady finished 29 for 35 for 376 yards. Tight end Rob Gronkowski had seven receptions for a career-high 162 yards and a touchdown.

Cincinnati dropped to 2-4 for the first time since 2010, when it finished 4-12 — its worst season under coach Marvin Lewis.

The Bengals had their moments offensively, scoring on a 2-yard touchdown run by Andy Dalton and 5-yard pass from Dalton to Brandon LaFell. But New England (5-1) bounced back from some sluggish drives early with several big plays in the third quarter.

GIANTS 27, RAVENS 23 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A banged-up Odell Beckham Jr. turned a short fourth-and-1 pass into a winning 66-yard catch and run with 1:24 to play

I’ve felt extremely strong,” he said. “I feel great. I feel strong. I said it multiple times. I feel just as strong now as I did all year, and I can’t wait to get out there.”

Stroman will need an effective outing Monday to keep Toronto from the brink of elimination. But he’ll also need a big game from his suddenly slumping offence.

After outscoring the Rangers 2210 through the ALDS, the Blue Jays put up just one run over the first two games of the ALCS in Cleveland.

“Not really worried about it, to be honest with you,” Stroman said of the lack of runs so far this series. “I think that’s baseball, sometimes you go in spurts.

“Our offence is amazing, it’s been amazing all year. I count on every single one of those guys to pick me up.

And I have the confidence in them to go out there and score runs, regardless of what the previous two games were.”

Gibbons also said he’s not worried about the suddenly cold bats — just like he’s not worried about Stroman on the mound.

“Perfect guy for a game like this, because he always steps up,” Gibbons said. “Hopefully he can do it again.”

as the Giants snapped a three-game losing streak.

The win was the 700th in franchise history. Beckham gave it to the Giants with a career day despite going to the locker room with a hip pointer in the second quarter. Beckham returned before the half and made the Giants (3-3) a winner with a spectacular second half. It featured a 75-yard touchdown catch and a 43-yard reception that set up one of Josh Brown’s two field goals.

The Ravens (3-3) lost their third straight.

Beckham finished with eight catches for 222 yards. His late heroics saved the Giants, who were on the verge of a fourth straight loss after Terrance West scored on a 2-yard run with a 2:04 to play, giving the Ravens a short-lived 23-20 lead.

LIONS 31, RAMS 28 DETROIT (AP) — Matt Prater made a tiebreaking, 34-yard field goal with 1:29 left and Rafael Bush followed with a victory-sealing interception two plays later. The Lions (3-3) have won two straight games with Prater making the winning kick and a defensive back following up with an interception on the ensuing possession.

The Rams (3-3) have lost two straight.

Case Keenum completed a Rams-record 19 straight passes, but couldn’t connect with Lance Kendricks on the long throw that Bush stepped in front of near midfield. Keenum finished 27 of 32 for 321 yards with three touchdowns — two to Kenny Britt, one to Kendricks — and an interception.

Britt had season highs with seven receptions and 136 yards, 47 of which came on a highlight-reel catch.

Matthew Stafford threw for four Detroit touchdowns. Golden Tate had eight receptions for a career-high 165 yards and a touchdown. Marvin Jones, Anquan Boldin and Andre Roberts also caught TDs for the Lions.

TITANS 28, BROWNS 26 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Marcus Mariota threw for 284 yards and three touchdowns, and the Titans got their second straight victory — the first time they’ve won consecutive games since the end of the 2013 season.

The Titans (3-3) matched their win total for all of last season when they went 3-13 and wound up with the No. 1 draft pick overall. They also beat a team other than Jacksonville on their own field for the first time since the 2013 season finale and improved to 3-16 in Nashville.

Cleveland (0-6) is mired in its worst start since 1999 when the Browns lost their first seven as an expansion franchise.

JAGUARS 17, BEARS 16 CHICAGO (AP) — Blake Bortles threw for 271 yards and hit a slipping Arrelious Benn for a 51-yard touchdown in the closing minutes.

The Jaguars (2-3) wiped out a 13-0 deficit in the fourth quarter in a matchup of last-place teams. And the go-ahead touchdown might have been helped by the oft-criticized turf at Soldier Field.

Benn slipped as he caught a slant and so did Tracy Porter as he tried to tag the receiver. That allowed Benn, who spent the past three seasons on injured reserve, to get up and run untouched for his first touchdown in five seasons.

That gave the Jaguars a one-point lead with 2:49 left and sent the Bears (1-5) to another loss after they dropped the previous game to Indianapolis on a late TD pass by Andrew Luck. Chicago came up short despite racking up 389 yards.

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Local Sports Today

● High school football: Central Alberta League, City Division: Hunting Hills vs. Notre Dame, 4:30p.m., Lacombe vs, Lindsay Thurber, 7:30 p.m., MEGlobal Athletic Park, Lacombe. Rural Division: Drayton Valley at Sylvan Lake, Rocky at Stettler.

Tuesday

● High school volleyball: 4A league, Lacombe at Hunting Hills, Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, girls at 6, boys to follow. ● AJHL: Olds Grizzlys vs. Calgary Mustangs, 7 p.m., Olds Sportsplex.

Thursday

● College women’s hockey: ACAC, RDC Queens vs. Olds Broncos, 7 p.m., Centrium.

Friday

● High school football: Central Alberta City Division: Notre Dame at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m.; Hunting Hills at Lindsay Thurber, 7:30 p.m., M.E. Global Athletic Park, Lacombe. Rural Division: Sylvan LAke at Ponoka, Drayton Valley at Rocky, Wetaskiwin vs. Camrose. ● Minor midget hockey: Red Deer TBS Chiefs vs. Calgary Rangers, 4:45 p.m., Kin City A. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Cal-

Hockey

gary Hitmen, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: ACAC, RDC Kings vs. SAIT Trojans, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● CHL: Chinook League, Stony Plain at Innisfail, 8 p.m.

Saturday ● College soccer: RDC vs. SAIT, Queens at noon, Kings at 2 p.m. ● Bantam AAA hockey: Red Deer Rebels vs. Calgary Bisons, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt. ● Midget AAA: AMHL, Red Deer Chiefs vs. Calgary Royals, 4:30 p.m., Kinex. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs.

Prince Albert, 7 p.m., Centrium.

Sunday ● Bantam AAA hockey: Red Deer Rebels vs. Lethbridge, 1:45 p.m., Collicutt. ● Minor midget hockey: Red Deer TBS Chiefs vs. Calgary Stampeders, 1:45 p.m., Kinex. ● College soccer: RDC vs. Olds, Queens at noon, Kings at 2 p.m. ● Midget AAA: AMHL, Red Deer Chiefs vs. St. Albert Raiders, 4 p.m., Kinex. ● Female hockey: AFHL midget AAA, Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs vs.

S. Albert Slash, 5 p.m., Collicutt.

Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF x-New York 33 15 9 9 59 x-N.Y.C. 33 14 10 9 58 x-Toronto 33 13 9 11 48 x-D.C. 33 11 9 13 51 x-Montreal 33 11 10 12 49 Philadelphia 33 11 13 9 52 N.E. 33 10 14 9 41 Orlando 33 8 11 14 51 Columbus 33 8 13 12 49 Chicago 33 7 16 10 40 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF x-Dallas 33 17 8 8 50 x-Colorado 33 15 6 12 38 x-L.A. 33 12 6 15 54 Salt Lake 33 12 11 10 43 Seattle 33 13 14 6 42 Kansas City 33 12 13 8 40 Portland 33 12 13 8 47 San Jose 33 8 11 14 32 Vancouver 33 9 15 9 41 Houston 33 7 14 12 38

GA 44 56 37 43 50 53 54 58 54 55

Pt 54 51 50 46 45 42 39 38 36 31

GA 40 31 39 44 42 41 49 38 51 44

Pt 59 57 51 46 45 44 44 38 36 33

x — clinched playoff berth. Note: Three points awarded for a win one for a tie.

Sunday’s results Chicago 2 New England 1 D.C. 3 New York City 1 New York 3 Columbus 2 Orlando 2 Philadelphia 0 Toronto 2 Montreal 2 Dallas 2 Seattle 1 Los Angeles 1 Houston 0 Portland 1 Colorado 0 Kansas City 0 Salt Lake 0 Vancouver 0 San Jose 0 Sunday, Oct. 23 Chicago at Toronto, 2 p.m.

Columbus at New York City, 2 p.m.

D.C. at Orlando, 2 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.

Houston at Colorado, 2 p.m.

Montreal at New England, 2 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Portland at Vancouver, 2 p.m.

Salt Lake at Seattle, 2 p.m.

San Jose at Kansas City, 2 p.m.

End of MLS regular season

Golf PGA Safeway Sunday At Silverado Resort, North Course Napa, Calif.

Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,166 Par: 72 Final Brendan Steele 67-71-67-65—270 Patton Kizzire 64-71-66-70—271 Paul Casey 64-68-71-69—272 Michael Kim 73-67-65-67—272 Scott Piercy 62-67-73-70—272 Johnson Wagner 65-67-70-70—272 Kevin Na 71-66-70-66—273 Cody Gribble 67-69-70-68—274 Chris Kirk 73-65-70-66—274 Martin Laird 67-68-68-71—274 Phil Mickelson 69-69-69-67—274 Justin Thomas 75-66-66-67—274 Mackenzie Hughes 69-69-69-68—275 Whee Kim 69-71-66-69—275 Derek Fathauer 68-68-74-66—276 Troy Merritt 66-67-74-69—276 Jon Rahm 66-71-72-67—276 Vaughn Taylor 70-67-74-65—276 Harold Varner III 71-67-73-65—276 Bill Haas 66-70-71-70—277 Jamie Lovemark 70-71-70-66—277 Keegan Bradley 69-72-71-66—278 TreyMullinax 69-67-73-69—278 Chez Reavie 69-70-68-71—278 Kyle Stanley 65-73-71-69—278 Brendon de Jonge 72-69-69-69—279 Tony Finau 70-69-71-69—279 Emiliano Grillo 69-70-71-69—279 Steven Alker 71-69-72-67—279 Ryan Blaum 69-68-71-71—279 Jon Curran 68-72-70-69—279 Robert Garrigus 73-68-72-66—279

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Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to terms with F Justin Fontaine and assigned him to Hartford (AHL).

BASEBALL National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Named Mike Hazen executive vice-president and general manager.

FOOTBALL Indoor Football League

SPOKANE EMPIRE — Signed DL Royce Lafrance.

COLLEGE DELAWARE — Fired football coach Dave Brock volleyball coach Bonnie Kenny and associate head volleyball coach Cindy Gregory. Named co-defensive co-ordinator Dennis Dottin-Carter interim football coach. Announced Brian Toron, Dana Griskowitz and Colleen Caskey will lead the volleyball team for the reminder of the season.

PURDUE — Fired football coach Darrell Hazell.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 4 1 .800 — New York 2 2 .500 1 1/2 Toronto 2 2 .500 1 1/2 Brooklyn 1 3 .250 2 1/2 Philadelphia 1 5 .167 3 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 3 2 .600 — Miami 3 2 .600 — Washington 2 3 .400 1 Charlotte 1 3 .250 1 1/2 Orlando 1 4 .200 2 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 3 2 .600 — Indiana 3 2 .600 — Detroit 2 2 .500 1/2 Milwaukee 2 2 .500 1/2 Cleveland 2 3 .400 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 4 1 .800 — Houston 3 1 .750 1/2 San Antonio 3 2 .600 1 Dallas 2 3 .400 2 New Orleans 1 3 .250 2 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 3 2 .600 —

Minnesota Denver Utah Oklahoma City

3 2 .600 — 3 3 .500 1/2 2 2 .500 1/2 1 2 .333 1 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 4 1 .800 — Phoenix 3 2 .600 1 L.A. Clippers 2 2 .500 1 1/2 Sacramento 2 2 .500 1 1/2 L.A. Lakers 2 4 .333 2 1/2 Saturday’s Games Detroit 97, Philadelphia 76 Sacramento 124, Washington 119 Boston 119, New York 107 Minnesota 101, Miami 96 Memphis 134, Houston 125 Chicago 107, Milwaukee 86 Golden State 112, L.A. Lakers 107 Sunday’s Games Atlanta 105, Orlando 88 Oklahoma City 112, Minnesota 94 Denver 106, Portland 97 Monday’s Games Brooklyn at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Utah, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Washington at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

WHL ROUNDUP

Popugaev nets hat trick, Warriors beat Hitmen in overtime CALGARY — Nikita Popugaev completed his hat trick when he scored 1:35 into overtime and the Moose Jaw Warriors went on to beat the host Calgary Hitmen 4-3 on Sunday in Western Hockey League action.

Jayden Halbgewachs also

scored and added an assist for the Warriors (5-2-2).

Jakob Stukel, Tyler Mrkonjic and Aaron Hyman found the back of the net for the Hitmen (3-3-1), who are on a three-game slide.

Zach Sawchenko made 27 saves for the win as Kyle Dumba stopped 15-of-19 shots in defeat.

Moose Jaw went 1 for 6 on the power play while Calgary failed to score on four chances with the man advantage.

WHL Eastern Conference East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pts Regina 9 6 0 3 0 44 28 15 Swift Current 10 7 2 0 1 39 26 15 Moose Jaw 9 5 2 2 0 34 32 12 Saskatoon 8 5 2 1 0 20 20 11 Brandon 8 3 3 2 0 28 31 8 Prince Albert 9 3 5 1 0 25 31 7 Central Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pts Medicine Hat 10 6 3 1 0 40 30 13 Lethbridge 10 5 3 1 1 39 43 12 Red Deer 10 5 3 1 1 34 37 12 Calgary 7 3 3 1 0 15 24 7 Edmonton 9 3 5 1 0 18 30 7 Kootenay 10 1 5 3 1 25 36 6 Western Conference U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pts Everett 10 8 1 1 0 36 21 17 Portland 11 8 3 0 0 50 37 16 Tri-City 9 5 4 0 0 33 33 10 Spokane 8 2 4 1 1 21 33 6 Seattle 7 2 4 0 1 16 25 5 B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pts Prince George 12 10 2 0 0 45 30 20 Victoria 10 5 5 0 0 26 26 10 Vancouver 12 5 7 0 0 36 42 10 Kamloops 10 4 6 0 0 34 26 8 Kelowna 10 3 7 0 0 19 36 6 Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.

Friday’s results Saskatoon 4 Kelowna 2 Victoria 6 Edmonton 1 Prince Albert 3 Brandon 2 (OT) Tri-City 4 Kamloops 2 Everett 4 Spokane 3 (OT) Prince George 3 Seattle 2 (SO) Red Deer 6 Moose Jaw 4 Medicine Hat 7 Calgary 2 Vancouver 4 Lethbridge 3 (OT) Regina 5 Kootenay 4 (OT) Saturday’s results Prince George 5 Tri-City 2 Portland 3 Spokane 2 (SO) Brandon 4 Prince Albert 3 (OT) Vancouver 2 Medicine Hat 1 (OT) Regina 7 Lethbridge 2 Red Deer 2 Kootenay 1 (OT) Swift Current 5 Kelowna 1 Everett 3 Seattle 2 Sunday’s results Moose Jaw 4 Calgary 3 (OT) Monday’s games Moose Jaw at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s games Saskatoon at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Everett at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Regina, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Swift Current at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Saskatoon at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Lethbridge at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Everett at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s games Spokane at Regina, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Saskatoon at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Prince Albert at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Swift Current at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Ottawa 2 2 0 0 4 9 7 Tampa Bay 2 2 0 0 4 9 6 Florida 2 2 0 0 4 6 2 Montreal 2 1 0 1 3 7 5 Toronto 2 1 0 1 3 8 6 Buffalo 2 1 1 0 2 7 6 Boston 2 1 1 0 2 7 7 Detroit 2 0 2 0 0 5 10 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 2 2 0 0 4 6 4 Philadelphia 2 1 0 1 3 7 6 Washington 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 N.Y. Rangers 2 1 1 0 2 7 6 N.Y. Islanders 3 1 2 0 2 7 9 Carolina 1 0 0 1 1 4 5 New Jersey 2 0 1 1 1 3 5 Columbus 2 0 2 0 0 5 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 3 3 0 0 6 11 6 Colorado 1 1 0 0 2 6 5 Minnesota 2 1 1 0 2 6 6 Dallas 2 1 1 0 2 9 8 Nashville 2 1 1 0 2 6 7 Winnipeg 2 1 1 0 2 8 8 Chicago 3 1 2 0 2 9 11 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 2 2 0 0 4 5 3 Edmonton 3 2 1 0 4 14 13 Arizona 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 Vancouver 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 Anaheim 3 0 2 1 1 6 10 Calgary 3 0 2 1 1 8 14 Los Angeles 2 0 2 0 0 3 6 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Florida 4, Detroit 1 Toronto 4, Boston 1 San Jose 3, Columbus 2 Minnesota 4, Winnipeg 3 Tampa Bay 3, New Jersey 2 Ottawa 4, Montreal 3, SO

Washington 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Pittsburgh 3, Anaheim 2 St. Louis 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Chicago 5, Nashville 3 Colorado 6, Dallas 5 Arizona 4, Philadelphia 3, OT Vancouver 2, Calgary 1, SO Sunday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 3, Anaheim 2, OT Buffalo 6, Edmonton 2 Carolina at Vancouver, late Monday’s Games Colorado at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

San Jose at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Anaheim at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Washington, 5 p.m.

San Jose at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Florida at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Arizona at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Sabres 6, Oilers 2 First Period 1. Buffalo, Okposo 1 (Reinhart, O’Reilly) 2:37.

2. Buffalo, O’Reilly 1 (Okposo, Ristolainen) 7:14 (pp).

3. Edmonton, Pouliot 1 (Kassian, Nugent-Hopkins) 17:20.

4. Edmonton, Lucic 1 (Draisaitl, Eberle) 19:00.

Penalties — Pouliot Edm (high-sticking) 6:25 Pouliot Edm (tripping) 19:21.

Second Period 5. Buffalo, O’Reilly 2 (Ristolainen, Franson) 3:53.

6. Buffalo, Gionta 1 (McCabe, Foligno) 9:22.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 7. Buffalo, Gionta 2 (Larsson) :37.

8. Buffalo, Moulson 2 (O’Reilly, Ristolainen) 4:36 (pp).

Penalties — Gryba Edm (tripping, served by Pouliot) 4:16 McCabe Buf, Gryba Edm (unsportsmanlike conduct) 4:16 Maroon Edm (goaltender interference) 8:23 Gryba Edm (high-sticking) 11:59 Lander Edm (slashing) 12:29 Grant Buf, Nurse Edm (roughing) 13:58 Franson Buf (tripping) 14:25.

Shots on goal by Buffalo 10 6 8 — 24 Edmonton 10 11 12 — 33 Goal — Buffalo: Lehner (W, 1-1-0). Edmonton: Gustavsson (1 shots, 1 saves), Talbot (L, 2-1-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Buffalo: 2-6 Edmonton: 0-1.

Referees — Tim Peel, Brad Watson. Linesmen — Devin Berg, Ryan Gibbons.

Attendance — 18,347 at Edmonton.

Baseball WILD CARD Tuesday, Oct. 4: Toronto 5, Baltimore 2, 11 innings Wednesday, Oct. 5: San Francisco 3, N.Y. Mets 0 DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5 x-if necessary) American League Toronto 3, Texas 0 Thursday, Oct. 6: Toronto 10, Texas 1 Friday, Oct. 7: Toronto 5, Texas 3 Sunday, Oct. 9: Toronto 7, Texas 6, 10 innings Cleveland 3, Boston 0 Thursday, Oct. 6: Cleveland 5, Boston 4 Friday, Oct. 7: Cleveland 6, Boston 0 Sunday, Oct. 9: Cleveland at Boston, ppd., rain Monday, Oct. 10: Cleveland 4, Boston 3 National League Chicago 3, San Francisco 1 Friday, Oct. 7: Chicago 1, San Francisco 0 Saturday, Oct. 8: Chicago 5, San Francisco 2 Monday, Oct. 10: San Francisco 6, Chicago 5, 13 innings Tuesday, Oct. 11: Chicago 6, San Francisco 5 Los Angeles 3, Washington 2

Friday, Oct. 7: Los Angeles 4, Washington 3 Saturday, Oct. 8: Los Angeles at Washington, ppd., rain Sunday, Oct. 9: Washington 5, Los Angeles 2 Monday, Oct. 10: Washington 8, at Los Angeles 3 Tuesday, Oct. 11: Los Angeles 6, Washington 5 Thursday, Oct. 13: Los Angeles 4, Washington 3 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7 x-if necessary) American League All Games on TBS Cleveland 2, Toronto 0 Friday, Oct. 14: Cleveland 2, Toronto 0 Saturday, Oct. 15: Cleveland 2, Toronto 1 Monday, Oct. 17: Cleveland (Bauer 12-8) at Toronto (Stroman 9-10), 8:08 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 18: Cleveland (Clevinger 3-3) at Toronto (Sanchez 15-2), 8:08 p.m. x-Wednesday, Oct. 19: Cleveland at Toronto, 4:08 p.m. x-Friday, Oct. 21: Toronto at Cleveland, 8:08 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 22: Toronto at Cleveland, TBA National League

Chicago 1, Los Angeles 1 Saturday, Oct. 15: Chicago 8, Los Angeles 4 Sunday, Oct. 16: Los Angeles 1, Chicago 0 Tuesday, Oct. 18: Chicago (Arrieta 18-8) at Los Angeles (Hill 3-2) (FS1), 8:08 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 19: Chicago (Lackey 11-8) at Los Angeles (FS1), 8:08 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 20: Chicago at Los Angeles (FS1), 8:08 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 22: Los Angeles at Chicago (Fox or FS1), TBA x-Sunday, Oct. 23: Los Angeles at Chicago (Fox or FS1), TBA WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7 x-if necessary) All games televised by Fox Tuesday, Oct. 25: NL at AL Wednesday, Oct. 26: NL at AL Friday, Oct. 28: AL at NL Saturday, Oct. 29: AL at NL x-Sunday, Oct. 30: AL at NL x-Tuesday, Nov. 1: NL at AL x-Wednesday, Nov. 2: NL at AL

Football CFL Standings East Division W L T PF PA Pt Ottawa 7 7 1 407 416 15 Hamilton 6 9 0 417 405 12 Toronto 5 11 0 353 496 10 Montreal 4 11 0 315 368 8 West Division GP W L T PF PA Pt y-Calgary 16 14 1 1 547 339 29 x-Winnipeg 16 10 6 0 454 411 20 x-B.C. 15 9 6 0 448 405 18 x-Edmonton 15 8 7 0 454 421 16 Saskatchewan15 5 10 0 312 446 10 x — clinched playoff berth y — clinched division.

WEEK 17 Bye: Edmonton Saturday’s results Saskatchewan 29 Toronto 11 Calgary 22 Montreal 8 Friday’s results Ottawa 30 Hamilton 29 Winnipeg 35 B.C. 32 WEEK 18 Bye: Winnipeg Friday, Oct. 21 Hamilton at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 22 Montreal at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.

Edmonton at B.C., 5 p.m.

GP 15 15 16 15

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 5 1 0.833 149 91 Buffalo 4 2 0.667 162 103 Miami 2 4 0.333 118 134 N.Y. Jets 1 4 0.200 92 136 South

T Pct PF PA 0.667 108 127 0.500 120 127 0.400 101 127 0.333 160 174 North W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 4 2 0.667 154 123 Baltimore 3 3 0.500 117 115 Cincinnati 2 4 0.333 109 145 Cleveland 0 6 0.000 113 176 West W L T Pct PF PA Oakland 4 2 0.667 152 163 Denver 4 2 0.667 140 108 Kansas City 3 2 0.600 109 102 San Diego 2 4 0.333 173 155 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 5 1 0.833 159 107 Washington 4 2 0.667 142 142 Philadelphia 3 2 0.600 135 78 N.Y. Giants 3 3 0.500 116 131 South W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 4 2 0.667 199 166 Tampa Bay 2 3 0.400 94 142 New Orleans 2 3 0.400 155 168 Carolina 1 5 0.167 161 176 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 5 0 01.000 119 63 Green Bay 3 2 0.600 114 113 Detroit 3 3 0.500 150 153 Chicago 1 5 0.167 101 143 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 4 1 0.800 105 78 Los Angeles 3 3 0.500 110 137 Arizona 2 3 0.400 125 101 Houston Tennessee Jacksonville Indianapolis

W 4 3 2 2

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San Francisco1 5 0.167 127 185 Thursday’s Games San Diego 21, Denver 13 Sunday’s Games Jacksonville 17, Chicago 16 New England 35, Cincinnati 17 Detroit 31, Los Angeles 28 Miami 30, Pittsburgh 15 Washington 27, Philadelphia 20 Tennessee 28, Cleveland 26 Buffalo 45, San Francisco 16 N.Y. Giants 27, Baltimore 23 New Orleans 41, Carolina 38 Kansas City 26, Oakland 10 Dallas 30, Green Bay 16 Seattle 26, Atlanta 24 Houston 26, Indianapolis 23, OT Open: Tampa Bay, Minnesota Monday’s Games N.Y. Jets at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 20 Chicago at Green Bay, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 23 N.Y. Giants at Los Angeles, 7:30 a.m.

Minnesota at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

New Orleans at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

Oakland at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

Washington at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Miami, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 2:05 p.m.

New England at Pittsburgh, 2:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Dallas, Carolina Monday, Oct. 24 Houston at Denver, 6:30 p.m.

Power outage costs Cubs against Kershaw SERIES TIED AT 1-1 AS IT MOVES TO LOS ANGELES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dodgers 1 Cubs 0 CHICAGO — Star slugger Anthony Rizzo hit a soft liner for the Chicago Cubs’ final out, which only seemed fitting.

While the rest of Chicago’s lineup can take consolation knowing Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is about to get a few days off, Rizzo and shortstop Addison Russell won’t share in that small solace. The duo that totalled 204 RBIs in the regular season is a combined 2 for 45 through six games in the post-season.

Kershaw only underscored their struggles during Los Angeles’ 1-0 win Sunday night that tied the NL Championship Series at a game apiece.

Kershaw held Chicago to two hits over seven innings and Kenley Jansen finished with two perfect innings, but that 1-2 punch could quiet Murderers’ Row. The other Cubs have done plenty of damage, with six players getting a hit in an 8-4 Game 1 victory. Rizzo and Russell, however, were a combined 0 for 9 Saturday night before going hitless in six atbats in Game 2.

Rizzo said changing his plate approach at this point in the series would be fool-

ish. While it sounds counterintuitive, he’s learned that patience is the quickest way to end a slump.

“I don’t think it’s fair to everyone trying to get six, seven, eight hits at one time. I’ve done that before in my career,” he laughed ruefully, “and it doesn’t work.

“You just keep going through the process,” he added. “Keep battling, keep grinding.”

Rizzo and Russell were key contributors for baseball’s best regular season team, but both have made every pitcher look unhittable in October, even as Chicago rolled past San Francisco in four games during an NL Division Series.

“We’ve been taking some good hacks,” said Russell, whose tailspin actually began at the end of the regular season. “They’re just not falling.”

Rizzo batted .292 with 32 home runs and 109 RBIs during the regular season.

He’s gone 1 for 23 in the playoffs with just a single and three walks, including the only one Kershaw issued in seven innings. When Rizzo got to 3-0 in that at-bat, he was bristling for a pitch to hit.

“No doubt,” he said. “It’s a 1-0 game at that point. One swing changes that.”

He nearly did that in the

fourth inning, turning a 1-1 fastball from Kershaw into a towering shot that cleared the outfield wall in right by plenty — it landed on Sheffield Avenue, behind Wrigley Field — but hooked just outside the foul pole. Kershaw threw high and tight on the next pitch, then coaxed Rizzo into grounding out.

Rizzo was hoping for a second bite at the long ball in the seventh. But Kershaw walked him on the next pitch.

“Anytime you can get on,” Rizzo said, his voice trailing off.

Russell hit only .238 in the regular season, but contributed plenty of power, with 21 homers and 95 RBIs. Yet, like Rizzo, he’s got only a single in his 22 at-bats. He sat out the Cubs’ playoff run last year due to an injury, but he said that lack of experience wasn’t an excuse.

“He got ahead early and he throws strikes,” Russell said.

“He had his stuff tonight. …

I’ve got to learn to grind out the at-bats better, extend the pitchers more.”

Kershaw yielded only two hits in seven innings. Tough as he was on Rizzo, the lefthander dominated Russell, who grounded out in his first at-bat then produced a pair of routine flyouts.

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ENTERTAINMENT MONDAY, OCT. 17, 2016

Purr-fect insight into the meaning of life RED DEER PLAYERS STAGE INDOOR/OUTDOOR, WHICH FEATURES A LOOK AT THE FELINE-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP INDOOR/OUTDOOR REVIEW

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF “I’m not happy. I don’t want to make this work,” says an aggrieved Samantha. “I feel like I’ve settled!”

“Sometimes I feel you want something from me that I can’t give!” responds a frustrated Shuman.

A lot of soul-searching relationship talk transpires in Indoor/Outdoor, the Red Deer Players production that opened Friday night on the Centennial Stage at the Scott Block.

But before you imagine divorce lawyers being called up on speed dial, you should know that Samantha is a dissatisfied house cat, and Shuman is her hapless human.

Regardless of the peculiar intensity of their pet/ owner relationship, this well-written play by Kenny Finkle can be interpreted on a whole other level — and is meant to be.

Samantha, played with flawless feline languor

by Roxzane Armstrong, is a disaffected female who thinks she’s found the love of her life — until she realizes her guy doesn’t “get” her.

Shuman, a well-meaning, but uptight web designer, portrayed by Dan Vasquez, freaks out when Samantha brings him a dead mouse. He can’t understand his pet’s complex feelings about things.

For instance, Samantha begins to wonder why, if her world revolves around Shuman, doesn’t Shuman’s world revolve around her?

She eventually begins questioning whether she’s missing out on life by playing it too safe, cooped up inside the house, instead of exploring the outdoor world with an adventurous alley cat named Oscar (played by Arick Yasinski).

While much angst is expressed through drawn out discussions, the humour largely comes in the form of cat therapist Mathilda, played with excellent comic timing by Emily Cupples.

Armed with the exuberant, can-do spirit of many misguided do-gooders, Mathilda thinks she can bring both sides to the table and work out this sticky situation between Samantha and Shuman.

What happens is funny and emotionally affecting.

Yes, this is one of those laugh-cry productions, so bring tissues.

Insightful and touching dialogue about the meaning of love and the definition of home and family separates Indoor/Outdoor from more gimmicky plays about pets and people.

That’s not to say that this production couldn’t have been shorter — it could, and probably should have been.

But Indoor/Outdoor, directed by Ashley Mercia, is

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer Players actors Arick Yasinski, Dan Vasquez, Roxzane Armstrong and Emily Cupples (left to right) rehearse a scene from Indoor/Outdoor. The play is being performed on the Centennial Stage in the Scott Block, and runs until Oct. 29. Tickets are available at reddeerplayers.com and Sunworks, and at the door. carried by solid performances. Although Armstrong should diverge occasionally from her laid-back demeanor — even cats hiss — her emotional finale is remarkably heart-felt.

Finkle not only understands the differences between men and women, he gets what really matters

Trump calls SNL spoof ‘hit job,’ calls for end of show ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Donald Trump has generally had a pretty good sense of humor about how “Saturday Night Live” has portrayed him, even when it has been hugely unflattering. He didn’t even have much to say when SNL called his supporters racist multiple times on the same show, for example.

But no more. After this weekend’s show, SNL is now part of the media conspiracy trying to rig this election, according to Trump. He tweeted on Sunday morning, “Watched Saturday Night Live hit job on me. Time to retire the boring and unfunny show.

Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!”

So what happened?

During SNL’s cold-open sketch about the presidential town hall debate, Alec Baldwin, playing Trump, is asked about whether he likes kids. He replies: “I love the kids, OK? I love them so much I marry them.”

After it’s pointed out that Trump has said Bill Clinton’s accusers should be believed, Baldwin-asTrump says of his own accusers: “They need to shut the hell up.”

And after stalking Clinton repeatedly during last week’s town hall debate — something Trump denies he actually did — Baldwin-as-Trump is asked by a black man whether he can be a “devoted president to all the people.” He responds by calling the man “Denzel” and launches into an answer about violence in the inner cities.

Then he uses it as a segue to call for putting Hillary Clinton in jail: “She’s committed so many crimes, she’s basically a black.”

In truth, it’s not clear what about this week was worse than before.

Entertainment BRIEFS Shooting, stabbing at Miranda Kerr’s home LOS ANGELES — Media reports say an intruder outside the mansion of supermodel Miranda Kerr has been shot by a security guard, and Kerr wasn’t home at the time.

A Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department spokesman said that an intruder at a Malibu residence Friday was shot three times after he stabbed a security guard late-morning Friday. Sgt. Jeff Delrio said Saturday he could not immediately provide the home address or confirm that the property was Kerr’s residence.

He said the security guard was stabbed near one of his eyes and both men were taken to a hospital.

He said they are expected to be OK. Kerr is the former wife of actor Orlando Bloom.

Unseen side of The Apprentice showed the darker side of Donald Trump WASHINGTON (AP) — In Donald Trump’s 14-season “Apprentice” run, Trump the actor made Trump the businessman seem pretty fabulous.

This reality show depiction of Trump as smart,

to all of us in the end. His bittersweet comedy will give audience members some purr-fect insight into the meaning of life. (Yes, I went there.)

The play runs to Oct. 29. Tickets are available from reddeerplayers.com. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Ben Affleck’s The Accountant tops charts

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Alec Baldwin, left, as Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, and Kate McKinnon, as Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, perform on the 42nd season of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ in New York. decisive, blunt, benevolent, rich and never wrong turned out to be the ideal launching pad for his improbable presidential campaign. Americans, though, never saw behind the scenes.

The long run of The Apprentice or Celebrity Apprentice served as a grand homage to all things Trump, running until 2015.

It turns out that the unseen side of The Apprentice was darker. Show insiders have told AP that in his years as a reality TV boss, Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, rating female contestants by the size of their breasts and talking about which ones he’d like to have sex with.

Ang Lee unveils his hyper-real Billy Lynn to mixed reviews NEW YORK — Mixed reviews greeted Ang Lee’s long anticipated Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk at the New York Film Festival on Friday night, casting further doubts over the promise of Hollywood’s latest technological saviour: high-frame rate filming.

The premiere was one of the fall movie season’s most closely watched events because Lee’s drama, an adaptation of Ben Fountain’s 2012 novel, was made with a faster frame rate than any previous wide release. Aside from being in 3-D and 4K resolution, Lee shot the film — about an Iraq War hero on a victory tour at an NFL game — at 120 frames-per-second, five times the traditional 24 frames per second.

It’s a gambit Peter Jackson tried at a mere 48 frames per second with The Hobbit trilogy, earning bad reviews in the process. James Cameron has hailed it as the future, and has said he will use it in Avatar sequels.

LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck is still a box office draw outside of the bat suit.

His new thriller The Accountant opened to a chart-topping $24.7 million this weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Gavin O’Connor directed the R-rated thriller, starring Affleck as an autistic mathematician. The film didn’t play especially well with critics, but audiences, who were 58 per cent male and 68 per cent over the age of 35, gave it a promising “A” CinemaScore.

It’s the continuation of what proves to be a long and fruitful partnership between Affleck and Warner Bros. Although The Accountant, which cost a reported $40 million to produce, didn’t quite hit the heights of Gone Girl’s $37.5 million opening, it is in the range of some of his other R-rated fall openings with the studio. Argo, for instance, launched to $19.5 million in 2012, and The Town, took in $23.8 million in 2010.

The Accountant also far-surpassed Warner Bros.’ early predictions for the film, which had it in the $15 to $20 million range.

“We’re in the Ben Affleck business, and we’re proud of it. We’ve had a lot of movies with him, and we have a lot of movies coming up with him,” said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution. “Audiences just love him.”

Affleck’s mob drama Live By Night, which he wrote, directed and stars in, opens on Christmas. He also has the DC comics films with the studio.

The weekend’s other new star-driven project, Kevin Hart: What Now? narrowly took second place over last week’s champ The Girl on the Train. The Kevin Hart concert film, which Universal Pictures distributed, took in $11.98 million. The comedian’s 2013 concert film Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain opened to a similar $10 million in 2013.

“We love Kevin Hart and we love our association with him. This is our fourth collaboration with him this year alone,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s president of domestic distribution. “He is tireless in the way that he promotes his projects and the way that he’s always working. It’s really a pleasure to be part of it.”

In third place, The Girl on the Train netted $11.975 million for Universal, bringing its domestic total to $46.6 million. With such a minuscule difference, the Universal films could easily switch places when final numbers come in on Monday.

Holdovers Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children and Deepwater Horizon rounded out the top five with $8.9 million and $6.4 million, respectively.

The weekend’s other new opener, the Mattel-inspired Max Steel, bombed with only $2.2 million. Open Road distributed the film starring Ben Winchell, which currently has a zero per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Overall, the year is still up 3.5 per cent, but the fall season is down from last year, according to box office tracker comScore.

“In the wake of the summer season, the fall always seems a little slow. This year is sort of typical in that way. We haven’t had an October breakout hit like we had with Gravity and The Martian,” said Paul Dergarabedian, comScore’s senior media analyst.

So far, the fall’s top-grossing film is Sully, which has grossed $118.4 million to date.

“I’m thinking we’re going to have a renaissance at the box office in a week or two and things could turn around,” he added, noting big upcoming films like Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Doctor Strange, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IRBIL, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of military operations to liberate the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants on Monday, launching the country on its toughest battle since American troops left nearly five years ago.

State TV aired a brief statement in the early hours Monday announcing the start of the widely anticipated military offensive to drive IS out of Iraq’s second-largest city.

Broadcasts showed the prime minister, dressed in the uniform of the elite counterterrorism forces, speaking while flanked by senior military officers.

“These forces that are liberating you today, they have one goal in Mosul which is to get rid of Daesh and to secure your dignity. They are there for your sake,” he told the city’s residents, using an alternate name for the militant group. “God willing, we shall win.”

The thuds of sporadic artillery shelling rumbled across the rolling Nineveh plains in the direction of Mosul, witnesses said. State TV broadcast patriotic music within minutes of the announcement.

The push to retake Mosul will be the biggest military operation in Iraq since American troops left in 2011 and, if successful, the strongest blow yet to the Islamic State. A statement on Al-Abadi’s website pledged the fight for the city marked a new phase that would lead to the liberation of all Iraqi territory from the militants this year. Iraqi forces have been massing around the city in recent days. They include members of the elite special forces, who are expected to lead the charge into the city itself.

Mosul is home to more than a million civilians. The city fell to IS fighters during a lightning charge in June 2014 that left nearly a third of Iraq in militants’ hands and plunged the country into its most severe crisis since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

After seizing Mosul, IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi visited the city to declare an Islamic caliphate that at one point covered nearly a third of Iraq and Syria.

But since late last year, the mili-

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Iraqi special forces soldiers deployed for an offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants prepare to move out from a camp near Khazer, Iraq.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of military operations to liberate the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants on Monday, launching the country on its toughest battle since American troops left nearly five years ago. tants have suffered battlefield losses in Iraq and their power in the country has largely shrunk to Mosul and small towns in the country’s north and west. Mosul is about 360 kilometres (225 miles) northwest of the capital, Baghdad.

The operation to retake Mosul is expected to be the most complex yet for Iraq’s military, which has been rebuilding from its humiliating 2014 defeat. Iraqi forces began moving into Nineveh province to surround Mosul in July, when ground troops led by the country’s elite special forces retook Qayara air base south of the city. Thousands of Iraqi troops were deployed there ahead of the planned operation along with large numbers of tanks, armoured personnel carriers and heavy artillery.

The base is ringed by a series of trenches, sand berms and other fortifications.

Iraqi troops were also positioned east of Mosul in the Khazer area, along

with Kurdish Peshmerga forces, and to the north of the city near the Mosul Dam and Bashiqa areas.

Before the prime minister’s announcement, Brig. Gen Haider Fadhil told The Associated Press in an interview that more than 25,000 troops, including paramilitary forces made up of Sunni tribal fighters and Shiite militias, will take part in the offensive that will be launched from five directions around the city.

In addition to carrying out airstrikes, the U.S.-led international coalition will also offer artillery fire, he added. American troops are providing logistical support to the operation.

Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the coalition against IS, said Abadi’s order called for “major operations” to free the city.

“Godspeed to the heroic Iraqi forces, Kurdish .Peshmerga, and .Ninewa volunteers. We are proud to stand with you in this historic operation,” he tweeted.

BEIJING — Chinese officials unveiled plans for Monday’s launch of the country’s latest space mission in which two astronauts will be blasted into space and will dock with an orbiting space lab.

The Shenzhou 11 spacecraft will be launched at 7:30 a.m., said Wu Ping, deputy director of China’s manned space engineering office, in a televised news conference.

The Shenzhou mission will take off aboard a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northern China.

The spacecraft will dock with the Tiangong 2 space station within two days and the astronauts will stay there for 30 days to test the complex’s ability to support their life. They will also conduct medical and scientific experiments, Wu said.

An earlier Tiangong 1 experimental space station launched in 2011 went out of service in March after extending its mission for two years and docking with three visiting spacecraft. The Tiangong, or “Heavenly Palace,” stations are considered stepping stones to a mission to Mars by the end of the decade.

Wu identified the astronauts flying the mission as 49-year-old Jing Haipeng and 37-year-old Chen Dong.

It will be Jing’s third flight into space following missions in 2008 and 2012.

“It is any astronaut’s dream and pursuit to be able to perform many space missions,” Jing said at a separate briefing.

The state-run China Youth Daily newspaper said Jing would celebrate his 50th birthday in space.

Reports of blast in camp for displaced Syrians near Jordan AMMAN, Jordan — A resident says an explosion went off at a militia checkpoint near a camp for displaced Syrians on the border with Jordan.

There were unconfirmed reports of casualties in the Sunday evening blast at the Rukban camp.

Hala Akhbar, a website linked to the Jordanian military, also reported the explosion.

Jordan has been on edge since a June car bomb attack launched from the Rukban area killed seven members of the Jordanian border guard. Jordan sealed the border in response, cutting off vital aid from some 75,000 Syrians stranded in the area.

The displaced Syrians live in makeshift camps between two parallel earthen barriers, or berms, that mark the frontier.

The Rukban resident spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from factions in Syria’s civil war.

Nonresident big game licences sell out in Montana

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A burnt couch is shown next to warped campaign signs at the Orange County Republican Headquarters in Hillsborough, NC on Sunday. Someone threw flammable liquid inside a bottle through a window overnight and someone spray-painted an anti-GOP slogan referring to “Nazi Republicans” on a nearby wall, authorities said Sunday. State GOP director Dallas Woodhouse said no one was injured.

North Carolina GOP office burned, graffiti sprayed nearby

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A local Republican Party office in North Carolina was torched by a flammable device and someone spray-painted an anti-GOP slogan referring to “Nazi Republicans” on a nearby wall, authorities said Sunday.

A bottle filled with flammable liquid was thrown through the window of the Orange County Republican Party headquarters overnight, according to a news release from the town of Hillsborough. The substance ignited and damaged the interior before burning out. No one was injured.

On Sunday afternoon, the walls of the multiroom office were covered in black char, and a couch against one wall had been burned down to its springs. Shattered glass covered the floor, and melted campaign yard signs showed warped lettering.

The news release from authorities said an adjacent building was spray-painted with the words: “Nazi Republicans leave town or else.” The graffiti had been covered in paint by late afternoon.

Another business owner discovered the damage Sunday morning. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is working with local investigators.

State GOP executive director Dallas Woodhouse said people sometimes work after-hours, and he felt lucky that no one was there at the time. He said the bottle appeared to have landed on or near the couch where volunteers sometimes take naps.

“They are working around the clock. It is a miracle that nobody was killed,” he said in an interview, calling the fire “political terrorism.”

He said Republican offices around the state were re-examining their security.

The violent act in the key battleground state was

condemned by public figures across the political spectrum.

Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president said on Twitter that the attack “is horrific and unacceptable. Very grateful that everyone is safe.”

Republican nominee Donald Trump blamed the act on Democrats in a Tweet and also he encouraged local Republicans, saying: “With you all the way, will never forget. Now we have to win. Proud of you all!”

At a news conference, Woodhouse urged Republicans to respond peacefully by turning out to vote in November. He said he’d received messages of support from Democrats.

Orange County GOP chairman Daniel Ashley told reporters that no one had previously made violent threats against the office several miles from the town’s historic square. The GOP office is several doors down from a shuttered ice rink in what was once a frontier-themed amusement park that is now a retail complex known as The Shops at Daniel Boone.

Tom Stevens, mayor of the town about 40 miles northwest of Raleigh, said that it was fortunate the fire didn’t burn the office and other adjacent buildings that are decades old to the ground.

Stevens, a Democrat, said the act doesn’t represent the character of Orange County, which also includes much of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina campus. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 3-1 margin in the county that picked President Barack Obama by a lopsided margin in the 2012 election.

“I’d like to believe we aspire to respect hearing differing views,” Stevens said in an interview. “This is very troubling.”

Stevens said he wasn’t aware of any leads on suspects.

HELENA, Mont. — Big game licences are sold out for hunters who live outside Montana.

The Independent Record reports factors like the economic downturn and a new law left some nonresident licences unsold in recent years.

Fish, Wildlife and Parks administrator Ron Aasheim says licences sold out this year as deer and elk numbers improve along with the economy.

He said officials were surprised when the state ran out of nonresident elk and deer licences before Montana’s big game season opens Oct. 22.

Licences were awarded through a competitive lottery before voters approved an initiative in 2010 that replaced outfitter-sponsored licences with more nonresident general licences.

Licence prices increased and have continued climbing with inflation.

Migrants riot in Greece after car kill woman, her child THESSALONIKI, Greece — Greek police say migrants living in a camp outside the northern city of Thessaloniki have rioted after a woman and her son were struck and killed by a car.

The riot started Sunday night after an ambulance was late to arrive. Camp residents claimed that they asked police to take the 35-year-old Kurdish Syrian woman and her 10-year-old son to a hospital in a patrol car and they refused.

Migrants blocked the road outside the camp, threw rocks at the police and set fire to two patrol cars. Police responded with tear gas and stun grenades. Migrants also set fire to trash cans as a defence against tear gas. Calm has returned to the camp, which hosts about 1,300 migrants.

California police kill rake-wielding man who hit officers SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Police in Northern California shot and killed a man who attacked officers with a metal rake in the backyard of a home in Santa Cruz.

The Santa Cruz Police Department says a resident of the house called police Sunday to report a man “pounding” on his front door. While officers were en route, the resident called police a second time and said the man was now at the back door of the residence and yelling he wanted to kill everyone inside.

Officials say that while trying to take the man into custody, he attacked the officers with a metal bow rake.

The department says officers ordered the man to drop the rake and used Tasers, but were not able to stop him. As he continued to attack the officers with the rake, one of the officers shot and killed him.

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1988 — Supreme Court of Canada removes the last major barrier to universal suffrage in Canada, granting institutionalized mental health patients the right to vote.

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Cut thinner, this chop’s a winner

BY ELLIE KRIEGER ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES If you often find pork chops to be on the dry and bland side, this recipe could change your mind about them. Here, the lean meat is infused and made extra tender with a boldly flavorful Asian marinade.

And because the chops are cut extra thin – almost as thin as minute steaks – they are not as chewy as thick ones, and the marinade is able to permeate.

With a mouthwatering mixture of soy sauce, fresh orange juice, garlic, ginger, sesame oil and Sriracha, the marinade does double duty as a flavor agent for the chops and as a sauce for the accompanying vegetable. After making the marinade, you simply set some aside for the bok choy, then add the rest to a zip-top bag with the chops. One hour of marinating does the trick if you are in a rush, but if at all possible, let them sit longer, up to eight hours, for maximum effect.

Everything is done in a flash, so when you are ready to cook, make sure you have the bok choy and scallions prepped before you start; if you’re like me, you’ll want rice for serving, so have that ready as well. Cook the chops in an extra-large skillet in two batches, so they have enough space between them to get that beautiful caramelization – just two minutes per side – then transfer them to a plate. The chops leave a coating in the pan, called a fond, that dissolves into a deeply flavorful lacquer for the vegetable as it cooks in the same pan.

The reserved marinade added at the end ensures a lovely sauce for the bok choy. It all adds up to an easy, lip-smackingly delicious dish that puts pork chops in a new light.

Asian-Marinated Pork Chops With Bok Choy 4 servings Ask your butcher to cut the pork chops to the size needed here.

MAKE AHEAD: The pork chops need to marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour and up to 8 hours.

From nutritionist and cookbook author Ellie Krieger.

Ingredients ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce 1/3 cup fresh orange juice 3 tablespoons canola oil 1 ½ tablespoons packed dark brown sugar 2 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar 1 tablespoon peeled, finely grated fresh ginger root 1 tablespoon finely minced garlic 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil 2 teaspoons Sriracha 8 thin-cut bone-in pork chops, ¼ inch thick; about 1 ¾ pounds total (see headnote)

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Asian-Marinated Pork Chops With Bok Choy.

1 bunch scallions 1 ¼ pounds baby bok choy (about 5), quartered lengthwise, or 1 large bok choy, cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces Water (optional) Salt, as needed Steps Whisk together the soy sauce, orange juice, 2 tablespoons of the oil, the brown sugar, rice vinegar, ginger, garlic, toasted sesame oil and Sriracha in a medium bowl until the sugar has dissolved. Reserve ¼ cup; pour the rest into a quart-size zip-top bag.

Add the pork chops, then seal, pressing out as much air as possible. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 8 hours.

Trim the roots off the scallions, then cut about 3-inch lengths of the white and light-green parts.

Halve the 3-inch pieces lengthwise if they are thick.

Thinly slice the dark green part crosswise and reserve for a garnish.

Remove the pork chops from the marinade and discard what’s left in the bag.

Heat half the remaining tablespoon of oil in a large, high-sided skillet over medium-high heat.

Once the oil shimmers, add half the pork chops to

the pan; reduce the heat to medium and cook until the meat is caramelized and just cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and cover to keep warm. Repeat with the remaining oil and chops. A dark brown coating (fond) will form in the pan as you cook the meat.

Once the chops are cooked and are resting on the plate, add the bok choy to the skillet and cook for 2 minutes, stirring until it begins to soften slightly and the browned bits in the pan begin to dissolve. Add a tablespoon or two of water to the pan if it seems very dry. Add the 3-inch scallion pieces and cook for 1 minute, stirring.

Add the reserved ¼ cup of unused marinade to the pan, cover, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding water by the tablespoon as needed, until the bok choy is tender.

Lightly season the pork chops and bok choy with salt. Serve warm, garnished with the scallion greens.

Nutrition | Per serving (using half the marinade): 410 calories, 47 g protein, 9 g carbohydrates, 20 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 120 mg cholesterol, 460 mg sodium, 2 g dietary fiber, 6 g sugar

Edamame-Crusted Lamb Lollipops

BY ATCO BLUE FLAME KITCHEN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES These Edamame-Crusted Lamb Lollipops are a fun, flavourful appetizer to serve. They’re especially nice when served with the accompanying Curried Cucumber Yogurt as a dip.

We have a full chef-led video tutorial to accompany the recipe on our YouTube channel at youtube. com/TheBlueFlameKitchen.

EDAMAME-CRUSTED LAMB LOLLIPOPS ½ cup frozen shelled edamame, thawed and patted dry 1 cup panko 1 tbsp chopped pea shoots 1 ½ tsp grated lemon peel 1 ½ tsp fresh lemon juice 1 ½ tsp basil, crumbled ¼ tsp cayenne pepper ¼ tsp ground coriander ¼ tsp ground cumin ¼ tsp turmeric Pinch salt 1 cup all-purpose flour

4 large eggs 2 frenched racks of lamb (8 ribs each) Curried Cucumber Yogurt (recipe follows) 1. Preheat oven to 375°F. 2. Place edamame in a food processor; process, using an on/off motion, until finely chopped. Add panko, pea shoots, lemon peel, lemon juice, basil, cayenne pepper, coriander, cumin, turmeric and salt; process, using an on/off motion, until combined.

3. Transfer edamame mixture to a pie plate. Place flour in a second pie plate. Beat together eggs in a third pie plate. Set pie plates aside.

4. Cut racks of lamb into individual ribs. For each rib, scrape the exposed bone with a paring knife, removing and discarding any excess meat or fat.

5. Working with one rib at a time, dredge lamb in flour, shaking off excess. Dip lamb in eggs, turning to coat both sides. Place lamb in edamame mixture, pressing lightly so that edamame mixture adheres; turn to coat both sides.

6. Place ribs in a single layer in a parchment paper-lined rimmed baking sheet.

7. Bake until golden brown and a meat thermometer registers 135 - 140°F, about 15 - 20 minutes.

8. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving. The in-

ternal temperature will continue to rise several degrees during standing. The final temperature should be 140°F for rare lamb.

9. Serve with Curried Cucumber Yogurt. Makes 16.

CURRIED CUCUMBER YOGURT 1 cup plain yogurt ¾ cup finely chopped seeded English cucumber 1 tbsp fresh lime juice 1 tsp grated lime peel 1 tsp chopped fresh cilantro ¼ tsp curry powder 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper 1/8 tsp salt 1. Combine all ingredients until blended. Refrigerate until serving. Makes 1 ½ cups.

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Pie crust newbies, here’s your recipe for success

BY DORIE GREENSPAN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Dorie Greenspan answered reader questions in a recent online chat. Unless otherwise noted, recipes with capitalized names can be found in the Recipe Finder at washingtonpost.com/recipes or elsewhere online.

Q: I would like to make pie entirely from scratch. I can do fillings, but crust recipes intimidate me. Can you please help with a basic recipe aimed at a person trying it for the first time?

A: I could never get the knack of cutting in butter (or shortening) with knives and only really got proficient – and at ease – with pie dough when I started making it in a food processor.

Try the pie crust in my Dorie Greenspan’s Blueberry Pie; it’s good with everything. Just remember that when it comes to doughs and crusts, cold is your friend.

Make the dough using very cold butter, and roll it out as soon as you make it. It’s really easy to roll when it’s freshly made. Even if your first attempt isn’t pastry-shop perfect, I’m betting you’ll think it’s 100 times better than store-bought.

Q: Can you suggest a couple of recipes that would be good for a bake sale and that could be made (or partially made) and frozen now? The bake sale is a month away.

A: Cookies, cookies and more cookies. They freeze beautifully.

While most cookies can be baked and then wrapped airtight and frozen for up to two months, many cookies can be partially made and baked closer to sale time.

Slice-and-bake cookies are the ideal prep-ahead, bake-later cookies.

My World Peace Cookies (you can find the recipe online) are slice-and-bake and would be great for the sale.

Bar cookies can be frozen after they’re baked, and they hold up really well. Also, most cookies that you scoop and then bake can be scooped, frozen and baked when you need them.

On the savory side, think corn bread, savory cheese breads and scones: They can be made ahead, frozen and baked straight from the freezer.

Q: Every time I try a recipe for pumpkin cookies,

they come out caky and too soft for my taste. I assume it’s because the pumpkin adds extra moisture.

Is there some way to include pumpkin flavors that can still create a more traditionally chewy cookie?

A: I’ve never had (or made) a pumpkin cookie that hasn’t been soft and caky; I think it would be hard for the cookies to be otherwise, given pumpkin’s moisture. You might try roasting pumpkin pieces until you’ve gotten out a lot of the moisture, then folding the pieces into a favorite cookie dough. I’ll bet pumpkin-studded chocolate chip cookies would be good.

Q: My favorite gluten-free dessert is flourless chocolate brownies, which I think are gooier and therefore better than flourless chocolate cake. It’s pumpkin pie season, so I’m thinking about cheesecake and similar desserts and wonder how I could add pumpkin and make them without the crust.

A: You might try my Dorie Greenspan’s Light and Creamy Cheesecake. It has a crumb crust, but you could use anything gluten-free to make the crumbs.

And if you like, you could replace the cornstarch with potato starch. Because the recipe is so deli-

ciously basic, you can easily play with it and pumpkinize it.

Q: What’s the secret to perfect cheesecake, and how do you keep the water bath from seeping into the cake? I see so much variation in recipes. Also, how long can you freeze them after they’re baked?

A: Cheesecakes come in so many varieties that it’s hard to say what the secret to a perfect one is, but usually one of the most important steps in cheesecake making is giving the batter a long beating. You want to make sure that the cream cheese is really, really smooth and that the eggs are well beaten. Take a look at the recipe for Light and Creamy Cheesecake that was just mentioned.

As for keeping the water from seeping into the cake: always an issue. The first step is to make sure that your springform pan closes tightly. Then wrap the pan in a double layer of aluminum foil, laying out the foil in a T shape that you can bring high up the sides of the pan.

Whenever I bake a cheesecake, I find that some water has seeped into the foil, but it has never spoiled the cake.

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Let the newbie take care of it DEAR ANNIE ANNIE LANE Dear Annie: I’ve been a certified nurse’s aide for about eight months. I’ve been working at my newest job, at a nursing home, for six months.

I work with two veteran aides in my unit. Though I love my job and caring for the residents, lately I’m feeling like the gopher in the unit. I am always answering the call bells, getting residents who need to be up for breakfast out of bed and doing hall trays and feeding the residents who can’t feed themselves at breakfast. I end up doing hall patrol every day at breakfast, and I’m getting tired of it.

I’m happy to help them with tasks, but whenever I ask for help, I get dirty looks and eye rolls.

Also, toward the end of the day, I’m always answering the call lights during documentation time.

The others ignore them. Is it me? Am I asking them at the wrong time when it comes to asking for help?

I don’t know how to address this with the other aides and the supervisor. — The Gopher Nurse’s Aide Dear Gopher: There’s being a team player, and then there’s being played by the team. Maybe these veteran nurses are picking on you, the new kid on the block, because they underwent a similar stripes-earning process. Regardless, you have to stand up for yourself. Be clear about what you’re willing and not willing to do. When you really need help and no one is offering, be direct. It’s not as if you’re asking a personal favor. It’s work, and you’re all trying to get the same job done. So stop burrowing in your hole. Even gophers have teeth.

Dear Annie: A person wrote to you about dealing with her children’s disputes among one another. I am one of those children. My brother and I have not spoken to each other for months. I struggle daily with trying to repair this relationship, but honestly,

so much has been done and said that I see no reason to repair it — except for my parents’ sake, of course.

I would like to hear from others on how they have dealt with sibling disputes. What is the benefit of putting yourself out there in a relationship that has caused such pain in the past, even if it is family? — Estranged Dear Estranged: Loving your family doesn’t mean always liking them. In fact, sometimes it means just finding a way not to loathe them. I urge you not to give up on your relationship with your brother.

First forgive him, and then accept him. Part of that acceptance means knowing where to draw boundaries so that you don’t get hurt again and again because you’re too vulnerable. Detach with love in whatever areas you need to.

You and your brother might never be the close, best-friend type of siblings, but you can still be part of each other’s life. If you’re grounded in realistic expectations, no one can let you down.

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Brain implant allows paralyzed man to feel again

BY AMY ELLIS NUTT ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES For the first time, scientists have helped a paralyzed man experience the sense of touch through the use of a mind-controlled robotic arm.

The groundbreaking experiment, a collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, involves electrodes smaller than a grain of sand implanted in the sensory cortex of the young man’s brain.

Researchers then stimulated this region, which is associated with sensation in the right hand, and effectively bypassed his damaged spinal cord. Because the paralyzed man was already connected to a robotic arm, when a researcher pressed the fingers of the prosthesis, the subject felt the pressure in the right fingers of his paralyzed hand.

The results of the experiment, which have been repeated over several months with the subject, offer a critical breakthrough in the recreation and restoration of function in people with paralyzed limbs: the ability not just to move those limbs, but something much more difficult – to feel them.

The research will be featured Thursday afternoon when President Obama visits Pittsburgh for a White House Frontiers Conference on advances in science, medicine and technology.

Nathan Copeland was 18 years old when his car spun out of control on a rainy winter night in 2004.

The western Pennsylvania man was diagnosed with tetraplegia, paralysis of all four limbs. Five years ago, he volunteered for a cutting edge experiment at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

A team of researchers including surgeons, biomedical engineers and doctors of rehabilitative medicine, were toiling with the technology that would enable paralyzed individuals not simply to move their limbs again, but to restore sensation to them.

Copeland, who had been studying nanotechnology before his accident, was the perfect subject. Last spring, surgeons implanted four tiny electrodes into his sensory cortex, specifically the region of the brain that controls the sense of touch in the right hand and fingers.

By electrically stimulating this region, the researchers were able to bypass Copeland’s damaged spinal cord.

Already connected to a mind-controlled robotic arm, Copeland was ready for the experiment to begin. He was blindfolded so that he couldn’t see what researchers were doing, but one by one they touched each of the fingers on the robot’s right hand, and each time Copeland correctly identified the location of the sensation.

“I can feel just about every finger,” Copeland said. “Sometimes it feels electrical, and sometimes it’s pressure, but for the most part, I can tell most of the fingers with definite precision. It feels like my fingers are getting touched or pushed.”

The research team was quietly ecstatic.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ve got plenty of ideas, so why not share some of that creative energy with those around you? Joint ventures are also favoured, as you combine skills and exchange valuable knowledge.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A close relationship benefits from you being less judgmental. And don’t skim the surface Taurus. Take the time to examine a situation in depth so that

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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center researcher Robert Gaunt touches the finger of a robotic arm, causing Nathan Copeland, a quadraplegic, to feel that sensation in his own finger.

“I was awfully relieved, ” said biomedical engineer Robert Gaunt. “Nathan was pretty happy, these were places on the hand that he hasn’t felt in 10 years.”

Prior to this experiment, no robotic limb had allowed a paralyzed person to experience the natural sense of touch, a kind of Holy Grail in rehabilitative medicine. For a prosthetic limb to truly mimic the full functionality of a human one, it needed to be endowed with somatosensory feedback from the paralyzed person’s brain.

The electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves in amputees offers enough sensation to allow for improvements in the control of artificial limbs, but not true sensation. Without a functioning peripheral nerve system, paralyzed people have had no ability to experience any tactile sensations. Mind-controlled robotic arms got them only half way. Able to move and manipulate objects was an advancement, but without the sensation of touch, these prosthetic limb movements were slower and clumsier.

“With Nathan, he can control a prosthetic arm, do a handshake, fist bump, move objects around,”

Gaunt said. “And in this [experiment] he can experience sensations from his own hand. Now we want to put those two things together so that when he reaches out to grasp an object he can he feel it… He can he pick something up that’s soft and not squash it, or drop it.”

To even get to this point involved massive collaboration with multiple institutions and researchers, said Gaunt. The microelectrode package and control system were developed by Blackrock Microsystems, and the robotic arm by the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins University. The experiment, which is published Thursday in the journal Science Translational Medicine, lists 10 authors and 10 departments and institutions.

“We’ve been working since 2010 to get to this point, doing the background research, doing the regulatory work, and the pre-surgical involvement,” Collinger said.

“For Nathan, he did this with the greater good in mind. He was willing to be the pioneer, and he’s excited to be the very person to feel sensation. And now he’s excited to see how far we can take it.”

you gain a much wider and wiser perspective.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Old memories may upset you but don’t suppress your feelings today Twins. Use it as an opportunity to release negative old energy. Then you can move forward in a positive and proactive way.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): All types of relationships are highlighted today Crabs. From one-on-one communication with family and friends, to creative connections within a group situation or online community.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The stars favour family and business matters, plus sport and outdoor adventures. But make sure you pace yourself Lions! Rushing around won’t necessarily get you to the finishing line any faster.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s best to say what’s on your mind today Virgo. But don’t let money matters come between you and a family member. You’ll find the more positive you are, the more pleasant the day will be.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll feel restless today Libra.

Variety is the spice of life as you keep moving, and plan plenty of challenging activities to stop you from being bored. Work and financial matters are favoured.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Fiery words will get you no-

where fast Scorpio. The focus is on communication skills, as you strive to get your point of view across to a loved one. And then listen carefully to their response.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Mars and Pluto boost your materialistic side. So your motto for the moment is from birthday great Arthur Miller: “Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Love, friendship, learning and adventure are all mixed together today. If you make the most of your natural Capricorn charm, then you’ll be able to get what you want in the most delightful way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s the perfect day to nurture your inner and outer resources. And, if your finances are in a mess, then take positive steps to sort them out. Plus strive to play the peacemaker — especially at work.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do your best to be honest and direct when dealing with others today Pisces. Don’t waste precious time pussy-footing around. If things start to resemble a soap opera, re-state your case and then move on.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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